Patient and hospitalization characteristics associated with increased postacute care facility discharges from US hospitals

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 492-500

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

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^d Division of Health Care Policy and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

geriatrics; nursing home; post acute care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOME; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POSTACUTE CARE FACILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929937454     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000359     Document Type: Article

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