Table 3. Association Between Race and Use of Home Health Rehabilitation Services Over the 6 Months After Hospitalization for Traumatic Brain Injury Among Black and White Medicare Beneficiaries From 2010 Through 2017.
| Rate ratio (95% CI) | |
|---|---|
| Unadjusted | |
| Black beneficiaries | 1.14 (1.02-1.27) |
| White beneficiaries | 1 [Reference] |
| Adjusted, acuity variablesa | |
| Black beneficiaries | 1.14 (1.01-1.29) |
| White beneficiaries | 1 [Reference] |
| Adjusted, acuity and demographic variablesb | |
| Black beneficiaries | 1.25 (1.10-1.42) |
| White beneficiaries | 1 [Reference] |
| Adjusted, acuity, demographic, and comorbidity variablesc | |
| Black beneficiaries | 1.19 (1.04-1.37) |
| White beneficiaries | 1 [Reference] |
| Adjusted, acuity, demographic, comorbidity, and socioeconomic variablesd | |
| Black beneficiaries | 1.15 (1.00-1.32)e |
| White beneficiaries | 1 [Reference] |
a
Length of hospital stay, Abbreviated Injury Scale score for head, intensive care unit stay, discharge location (home vs inpatient rehabilitation).
b
Age and sex.
c
Acute myocardial infarction, Alzheimer disease and related dementias, anemia, asthma, atrial fibrillation, cataract, cancer, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depression, diabetes, glaucoma, heart failure, hip fracture, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, hypothyroid, ischemic heart disease, osteoporosis, rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, and stroke.
d
Dual Medicaid and Medicare eligibility, Original Reason for Medicare Entitlement Code (age vs other).
e
P = .04.