Post-SNF outcomes and cost comparison: Medicare Advantage vs traditional Medicare.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare outcomes and costs following skilled nursing facility (SNF) discharge for patients within a Medicare Advantage (MA) organization vs traditional Medicare (TM).

Study design

Retrospective analysis of adults with a postacute SNF admission identified from MA claims (MA cohort: n = 56,228) and the Medicare 5% Limited Data Sets (TM cohort: n = 67,859).

Methods

Outcomes included hospitalization, proportion of days at home, and total medical costs during the 180 days post SNF discharge, and successful community discharge. Regression models accounted for patient characteristics and health care utilization in the 180 days prior to the proximal hospitalization and characteristics of the proximal hospitalization using backward variable selection and fixed ef

SUBMITTER: Casebeer AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10324636 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature