Use of Clinicians Who Focus on Nursing Home Care Among US Nursing Homes and Unplanned Rehospitalization.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The number of physicians and advanced practitioners who focus their practice in nursing homes (NHs), often referred to as "SNFists" (ie, physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants concentrating their practice in the nursing home or skilled nursing facility [SNF] setting) has increased dramatically. Little is known about the association of the NH medical care delivery models that use SNFists with the quality of postacute care.

Objective

To quantify the association between NH use of SNFists and facility-level, unplanned 30-day rehospitalization rates for patients receiving postacute care.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used Medicare fee-for-service claims for all hospitalized beneficiaries discharged to 4482 NHs from Januar

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10267770 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature