Patient outcomes after hospital discharge to home with home health care vs to a skilled nursing facility
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
- Author(s):
- Werner, Rachel M., author Coe, Norma B., author Qi, Mingyu, author Konetzka, R. Tamara, author
- Contributor(s):
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2019
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Home Care Services Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) Patient Discharge Skilled Nursing Facilities Medicare Patient Readmission Subacute Care Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In this study of more than 17 million Medicare hospitalizations between 2010 and 2016, patients discharged to home health care had a 5.6 percent higher 30-day readmission rate than similar patients discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF). There was no difference in mortality or functional outcomes between the two groups, but home health care was associated with an average savings of $4,514 in total Medicare payments in the 60 days after the first hospital admission.
- 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:
- 101750216 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101750216