Patient and hospitalization characteristics associated with increased post-acute care facility discharges from US hospitals

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The number of patients discharged to post-acute care(PAC) facilities after hospitalization increased by 50% nationally between 1996 and 2010. We sought to describe payors and patients most affected by this trend and to identify diagnoses for which PAC facility care may be subs...

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Published in:Med Care
Main Authors: Burke, Robert E., Juarez-Colunga, Elizabeth, Levy, Cari, Prochazka, Allan V., Coleman, Eric A., Ginde, Adit A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4431940/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25906015
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000359
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