Table 2 Frequencies of facility-level characteristics (N = 12,787 resident-quarters) as well as bivariate statistics for all-cause transfer (n = 2290) and potentially avoidable hospitalizations (n = 487)
|  | Overall (N = 12,787) | Payment + Clinical Model Facilities (n = 5555) | All-cause Transfer (n = 2290) | Potentially Avoidable Hospitalization (n = 487) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | P | % | P | |
Payment Only Facility | 56.6 | – | 59.3 | 0.004 | 58.7 | 0.325 |
Payment + Clinical Model Facility | 43.4 | 100 | 40.7 | Â | 41.3 | Â |
Staffing Ratio (NHPPD) | ||||||
 1st Quartile (≤ 3.31) | 23.8 | 16.4 | 25.8 | < 0.001 | 26.7 | 0.004 |
 2nd Quartile (3.32–3.55) | 24.3 | 25.7 | 24.1 |  | 23.4 |  |
 3rd Quartile (3.56–4.15) | 24.9 | 25.8 | 27.2 |  | 29.2 |  |
 4th Quartile (≥ 4.15) | 27.1 | 32.2 | 22.9 |  | 20.7 |  |
Number of Facility Beds | ||||||
 1st Quartile (≤ 115) | 23.9 | 30.1 | 26.4 | < 0.001 | 26.1 | 0.003 |
 2nd Quartile (116–147) | 27.5 | 31.9 | 28.8 |  | 27.5 |  |
 3rd Quartile (148–169) | 23.8 | 11.2 | 23.9 |  | 28.1 |  |
 4th Quartile (≥ 170) | 24.8 | 26.8 | 20.9 |  | 18.3 |  |
Overall CMS Star Rating | ||||||
 1 Star | 4.5 | 7.1 | 8.2 | < 0.001 | 7.0 | 0.022 |
 2 Stars | 10.4 | 7.5 | 12.2 |  | 12.1 |  |
 3 Stars | 20.7 | 11.5 | 20.0 |  | 17.3 |  |
 4 Stars | 28.5 | 29.1 | 26.9 |  | 28.1 |  |
 5 Stars | 35.9 | 44.8 | 32.7 |  | 35.5 |  |
Rural-Urban Location | ||||||
 Urban | 72.8 | 51.8 | 73.5 | 0.367 |  |  |
 Rural | 27.2 | 48.1 | 26.5 |  | 30.4 | 0.109 |
For-profit Status | ||||||
 For-profit Facility | 15.7 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 0.004 | 16.0 | 0.820 |
 Not for-profit Facility | 84.4 | 83.3 | 82.4 |  |  |  |
Multi-facility Ownership | 76.3 | 71.0 | 78.7 | 0.002 | 80.5 | 0.026 |