The effect of workforce assignment on performance: evidence from home health care
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
- Author(s):
- David, Guy, author Kim, Kunhee Lucy, author
- Contributor(s):
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2018
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Continuity of Patient Care Home Care Services Nurses, Community Health Nursing Care -- methods Patient Readmission -- statistics & numerical data Medicare Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Key Findings. In this study of more than 43,000 home health episodes following a hospitalization, handoffs between skilled nursing providers--a marker of discontinuity of care--substantially increased hospital readmissions, and were more detrimental for sicker patients. The estimates imply that a single handoff increases the likelihood of 30-day hospital readmission by 16% and that one in four hospitalizations during home health care could be avoided if handoffs were eliminated.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations and Portraits
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101731596 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101731596