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Published in final edited form as: Med Care Res Rev. 2020 Nov 24;79(1):90–101. doi: 10.1177/1077558720974528

Table 5:

Net Marginal Costs for a 1 Unit Increase in the SQM At Different Levels of the Total Costs Distributions for the Median SQMs (Predicted total net marginal costs as percent of total agency annual costs are shown in parentheses)

	Predicted Total Net Marginal Costs (in Thousands 2017 $)						Predicted Net Marginal Cost per Unique Patient (2017 $)
HHAs Cost Ranges in Percentiles	0 – 10^th	10^th – 25^th	25^th – 50^th	50^th – 75^th	75^th – 90^th	90^th – 100^th	0 – 10^th	10^th – 25^th	25^th – 50^th	50^th – 75^th	75^th – 90^th	90^th – 100^th
Sample Size	N=2,058	N=3,085	N=5,143	N=5,143	N=3,085	N=2,057	N=2,058	N=3,085	N=5,143	N=5,143	N=3,085	N=2,057

OASIS SQM Model
Daily activity / pain
50^th percentile SQM = 1.19	−8,079 (−2.6%)	−12,174 (−1.3%)	−19,835 (−1.6%)	−35,860 (−1.2%)	−66,726 (−1.5%)	−134,404 (−1.5%)	−70	−67	−63	−56	−51	−43
Self-treatment
50^th percentile SQM = 1.69	−20,200 (−5.0%)	−29,765 (−3.2%)	−47,078 (−3.3%)	−84,415 (−2.9%)	−155,610 (−2.5%)	−304,501 (−3.0%)	−176	−160	−150	−132	−118	−99
Timely Care
50^th percentile SQM = 3.68	+28,034 (+6.7%)	+41,667 (+4.9%)	+64,907 (+5.0%)	+108,893 (+3.3%)	+202,745 (+5.1%)	+413,228 (+4.2%)	+237	+225	+201	+169	+151	+134
Claims SQM Model
Hospital Admits
50^th percentile SQM = −0.54	+5,734 (+1.2%)	+9,085 (+1.4%)	+15,660 (+1.0%)	+30,631 (+1.5%)	+65,429 (+1.3%)	+145,267 (+1.3%)	+54	+54	+52	+49	+49	+48
Survey SQM Model
Patient Experience
50^th percentile SQM = 1.33	+5,055 (+1.2%)	+7,452 (+0.9%)	+11,656 (+0.7%)	+20,354 (+0.9%)	+38,132 (+0.6%)	+76,569 (+0.7%)	+47	+43	+38	+32	+29	+25