Exhibit 2. Daily Rate of Discharge from SNFs by Exposure to Cost Sharing.

Source: Authors’ calculations using fee-for-service Medicare claims data.

Notes: SNF = Skilled Nursing Facility. Daily discharge rates (the proportion of patients in a SNF on a given day who are discharged on that day) are plotted by benefit day. Rates are adjusted for state, year, and day of the week.

The vertical line denotes the last day before cost sharing begins for exposed groups.