Hospitals using bundled payment report reducing skilled nursing facility use and improving care integration

Health Affairs

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1282-1289

  Zhu, Jane M ^a,b   Patel, Viren ^a   Shea, Judy A ^a   Neuman, Mark D ^a,b   Werner, Rachel M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMBEDDING; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HUMAN; LOWER LIMB; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT EDUCATION; REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRATIFICATION; CARE BUNDLE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85051393559     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0257     Document Type: Article

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