Rise of post-acute care facilities as a discharge destination of us hospitalizations

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 295-296

  Burke, Robert E ^a   Juarez Colunga, Elizabeth ^b   Levy, Cari ^c   Prochazka, Allan V ^b   Coleman, Eric A ^b   Ginde, Adit A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MEDICARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POST ACUTE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; NURSING HOME; REHABILITATION CENTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 84922268835     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6383     Document Type: Letter

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