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Table 2 Performance characteristics of the discharge destination field for identifying patients transferred to a long-term acute care hospital after an acute care hospitalization.

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

 

Transfer Prevalence, %

Sensitivity, %

(95% CI)

Specificity, %

(95% CI)

PPV, %

(95% CI)

NPV, %

(95% CI)

+ LR

(95% CI)

- LR

(95% CI)

United States

0.8

77.3

(77.0 - 77.6)

99.7

(99.7 - 99.8)

72.6

(72.3 - 72.9)

99.8

(99.8 - 99.8)

307

(303 - 311)

0.23

(0.23 - 0.23)

United States, intensive care only

2.3

77.7

(77.3 - 78.1)

99.6

(99.5 - 99.6)

80.5

(80.1 - 80.9)

99.5

(99.5 - 99.5)

172

(169 - 176)

0.22

(0.22 - 0.23)

United States, ventilated only

8.3

77.3

(76.8 - 77.9)

98.4

(98.4 - 98.5)

81.6

(81.1 - 82.2)

98.0

(97.9 - 98.0)

49.3

(47.7 - 51.0)

0.23

(0.22 - 0.24)

Pennsylvania

0.9

78.4

(77.2 - 79.6)

99.7

(99.7 - 99.7)

71.9

(70.6 - 73.2)

99.8

(99.8 - 99.8)

28.9

(27.3 - 30.5)

0.22

(0.21 - 0.24)

Pennsylvania, intensive care only

2.6

80.2

(78.4 - 81.9)

99.5

(99.4 - 99.5)

79.6

(77.9 - 81.3)

99.5

(99.4 - 99.5)

149

(135 - 164)

0.20

(0.18 - 0.22)

Pennsylvania, ventilated only

10.4

80.3

(77.9 - 82.5)

97.8

(97.5 - 98.1)

80.8

(78.5 - 83.0)

97.7

(97.4 - 98.0)

36.2

(31.8 - 41.3)

0.20

(0.18 - 0.23)

  1. CI = confidence interval; PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value; LR = likelihood ratio. All values percents.