Table 2.

Comparison of discharged nursing home characteristics by dual eligibility status

Variable	Non-duals	Duals	Difference	Adjusted difference
Distance from residential zip code (kilometer)	15.5	16.6	1.116**	−0.690***
Distance from origin hospital (kilometer)	11.7	13.0	1.365**	0.0384
Occupancy rate	0.85	0.86	0.0110**	0.00867***
Total number of beds	117.7	131.1	13.40***	9.465***
Percent of Medicaid residents	42.9	54.9	11.94***	7.723***
Member of a chain (%)	0.57	0.60	0.0291*	0.0244***
For-profit ownership (%)	0.60	0.66	0.0572***	0.0599***
Percent of residents that are black	7.8	13.2	5.472***	1.597***
Total number of FTE CNAs	47.2	51.6	4.386**	2.736***
Total number of FTE RNs	9.1	8.7	−0.386	−0.362***
Total number of FTE LPNs	16.5	17.6	1.056**	0.812***
Share of RN among total nurses	37.8	33.6	−4.15***	−2.77***
Average RUGS III case-mix index	1.1	1.1	0.00237	−0.00175*
Hospital-based (%)	0.23	0.18	−0.0458***	−0.0547***
ProPAC acuity index	94.7	102.6	7.912***	4.379***
Health deficiency score	8.5	9.5	1.01***	0.680***

Note: SNF, Skilled Nursing Facility; FTE, Full-time equivalent; CNA, Certified Nursing Assistant; RN, Registered nurse; LPN, licensed practical nurse; RUGS, Resource Utilization Group;

To calculate the Adjusted differences we ran OLS model with corresponding SNF characteristics as outcome variable onto demographic characteristics, education, Elixhauser and Deyo indexes, length of stay at the hospital, (listed in table 1) hospital admission DRG and origin zip code fixed effects. Chain membership, profit status and hospital association are binary variables. The rest are continuous variables.