Assessing first visits by physicians to medicare patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities

Health Affairs

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 528-536

  Ryskina, Kira L ^a   Yuan, Yihao ^b   Teng, Shelly ^a   Burke, Robert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICARE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PURCHASING; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INSURANCE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTOR; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT, HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85064221512     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05458     Document Type: Article

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