Does reducing length of stay increase rehospitalization of Medicare fee-for-Service beneficiaries discharged to skilled nursing facilities?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1443-1448

  Unruh, Mark A ^a   Trivedi, Amal N ^b,c   Grabowski, David C ^d   Mor, Vincent ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

length of stay; Medicare; quality of care; rehospitalization; skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF CARE; REHOSPITALIZATION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884286171     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12411     Document Type: Article

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