Skilled Nursing Facility Star Rating, Patient Outcomes, and Readmission Risk After Total Joint Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 3130-3137

  Kimball, Chloe C ^a   Nichols, Christine I ^a   Nunley, Ryan M ^b   Vose, Joshua G ^a   Stambough, Jeffrey B ^c  

^a Medical Affairs   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

readmissions; skilled nursing facility; star ratings; total hip arthroplasty; total joint arthroplasty; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; VERY ELDERLY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSURANCE; KNEE REPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85049917451     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2018.06.020     Document Type: Article

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