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Table 1 Contents of the discharge destination field in Medicare categorized by actual transfer to a long-term acute care hospital.

From: Accuracy of the discharge destination field in administrative data for identifying transfer to a long-term acute care hospital

 

Transferred to LTAC

Not transferred to LTAC

United States

(n = 86,105)

(n = 9,965,336)

   Home

1,436

6,566,321

   Skilled care/rehabilitation

11,854

2,489,062

   Dead

264

595,109

   Short term hospital

5,870

279,631

   LTAC

66,562

25,110

   Unknown

119

10,103

United States, ICU only

(n = 40,600)

(n = 1,699,545)

   Home

450

955,182

   Skilled care/rehabilitation

5,439

397,987

   Dead

55

253,580

   Short term hospital

3,108

83,476

   LTAC

31,528

7,652

   Unknown

20

1,668

United States, ventilated only

(n = 19,938)

(n = 221,188)

   Home

104

47.661

   Skilled care/rehabilitation

2,582

54,270

   Dead

8

105,320

   Short term hospital

1,809

10,258

   LTAC

15,420

3,468

   Unknown

15

211

Pennsylvania

(n = 4,458)

(n = 490,899)

   Home

65

313,799

   Skilled care/rehabilitation

525

136,266

   Dead

1

26,707

   Short term hospital

338

12,259

   LTAC

3,495

1,366

   Unknown

34

502

Pennsylvania, ICU only

(n = 2,107)

(n = 80,052)

   Home

21

41,724

   Skilled care/rehabilitation

246

22,268

   Dead

0

11,820

   Short term hospital

149

3,745

   LTAC

1,690

432

   Unknown

1

63

Pennsylvania, ventilated only

(n = 1,216)

(n = 10,473)

   Home

4

2,020

   Skilled care/rehabilitation

140

2,909

   Dead

0

4,863

   Short term hospital

95

438

   LTAC

976

232

   Unknown

1

11

  1. ICU = intensive care unit; LTAC = long-term acute care hospital