Research Article
Is There Extra Cost of Institutional Care for MS Patients?
Table 3
Factors contributing to variation in MS days among facilities with high MS volume.
| Number of SNFs | 1,148 | Number of observations | 5,947 |
| Effect | Estimate | Standard error | value |
| Intercept | 5.522 | 0.669 | <.0001 | Region | | | | Midwest versus Northeast | −0.014 | 0.165 | 0.933 | South versus Northeast | −0.298 | 0.159 | 0.061 | West versus Northeast |
0.361
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0.179
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0.044
| Type of ownership | | | | “Not for profit” versus “for profit” | −0.009 | 0.089 | 0.924 | Governmental versus “for profit” | 0.030 | 0.222 | 0.893 | Mean cost per day, in $100 | 0.118 | 0.069 | 0.088 | Mean of inpatient days, 100 K | 0.471 | 0.373 | 0.207 | Mean of admissions, in tens | −0.007 | 0.005 | 0.158 | Mean case-mix index (CMI) |
−1.733
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0.678
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0.011
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SNF: skilled nursing facility; see the appendix for performance of the mixed model.
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