Medicare home health patientsĝ€™ transitions through acute and post-acute care settings

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1188-1193

  Wolff, Jennifer L ^a,b,c   Meadow, Ann ^c   Weiss, Carlos O ^b   Boyd, Cynthia M ^a,b   Leff, Bruce ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Home health; Medicare; Post acute care; Transitional care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; AGE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55649088569     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31817d69d3     Document Type: Article

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