Patient Outcomes After Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Closures.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Long-term acute care hospitals (LTCHs) are common sites of postacute care for patients recovering from severe respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation (MV). However, federal payment reform led to the closure of many LTCHs in the US, and it is unclear how closure of LTCHs may have affected upstream care patterns at short-stay hospitals and overall patient outcomes.

Objective

To estimate the association between LTCH closures and short-stay hospital care patterns and patient outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, national, matched cohort study used difference-in-differences analysis to compare outcomes at short-stay hospitals reliant on LTCHs that closed during 2012 to 2018 with outcomes at control hospitals. Data were obta

SUBMITTER: Law AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10663966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature