Patients Are Not Given Quality-Of-Care Data About Skilled Nursing Facilities When Discharged From Hospitals.

ABSTRACT: Hospitals are now being held at least partly accountable for Medicare patients' care after discharge, as a result of regulations and incentives imposed by the Affordable Care Act. However, little is known about how patients select a postacute care facility. We used a multiple case study approach to explore both how patients requiring postacute care decide which skilled nursing facility to select and the role of hospital staff members in this decision. We interviewed 138 staff members of sixteen hospitals and twenty-five skilled nursing facilities and 98 patients in fourteen of the skilled nursing facilities. Most patients described receiving only lists of skilled nursing facilities from hospital staff members, while staff members reported not sharing data about facilities' quality with pat

SUBMITTER: Tyler DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5583521 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature