Interhospital Transfer and Receipt of Specialty Procedures.

ABSTRACT: The practice of transferring patients between acute care hospitals is variable and largely nonstandardized. Although often-cited reasons for transfer include providing patients access to specialty services only available at the receiving institution, little is known about whether and when patients receive such specialty care during the transfer continuum. We performed a retrospective analysis using 2013 100% Master Beneficiary Summary and Inpatient claims files from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Beneficiaries were included if they were aged =65 years, continuously enrolled in Medicare A and B, with an acute care hospitalization claim, and transferred to another acute care hospital with a primary diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, gastrointestinal bleed, renal failure,

SUBMITTER: Mueller SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5940580 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature