Effects of Acute-Postacute Continuity on Community Discharge and 30-Day Rehospitalization Following Inpatient Rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effects of facility-level acute-postacute continuity on probability of community discharge and 30-day rehospitalization following inpatient rehabilitation.

Data sources

We used national Medicare enrollment, claims, and assessment data to study 541,097 patients discharged from 1,156 inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) in 2010-2011.

Study design

We calculated facility-level continuity as the percentages of an IRF's patients admitted from each contributing acute care hospital. Patients were categorized into three groups: low continuity (<26 percent from same hospital that discharged the patient), medium continuity (26-75 percent from same hospital), or high continuity (>75 percent from same hospital). The multivariable models included an i

SUBMITTER: Graham JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5583304 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature