HOSPITAL AND SKILLED NURSING FACILITY PARTNERSHIPS REDUCE READMISSIONS AND HEALTHCARE SPENDING
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Association between skilled nursing facility quality indicators and hospital readmissions.
IMPORTANCE Hospital readmissions are common, costly, and potentially preventable. Little is known about the association between available skilled nursing facility (SNF) performance measures and the risk of hospital readmission. OBJECTIVE To measure the association between SNF performance measures and hospital readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries receiving postacute care at SNFs in the Un...
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عنوان ژورنال: Innovation in Aging
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2399-5300
DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.4789