Following Up on Clinical Recommendations in Transitions from Hospital to Nursing Home

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study sample (𝑁=51).

Characteristic	Frequency (%)
Age in yrs (mean ± SD)	80.6 ± 9.3
Race
White	25 (49)
Black	23 (45)
Hispanic	3 (6)
Gender
Female	42 (82)
Male	9 (18)
Language
English	34 (67)
Non-English	17 (33)
Insurance
Medicare	42 (82)
Medicaid	2 (4)
Medicare managed care	3 (6)
Medicare advantage (i.e., senior care options)	3 (6)
Other	1 (2)
Hospital length of stay in days (mean ± SD)	6.1 ± 3.4