Differences Between Skilled Nursing Facilities in Risk of Subsequent Long-Term Care Placement.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine how the risk of subsequent long-term care (LTC) placement varies between skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and the SNF characteristics associated with this risk.

Design

Population-based national cohort study with participants nested in SNFs and hospitals in a cross-classified multilevel model.

Setting

SNFs (N=6,680).

Participants

Fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries (N=552,414) discharged from a hospital to a SNF in 2013.

Measurements

Participant characteristics from Medicare data and the Minimum Data Set. SNF characteristics from Medicare and Nursing Home Compare. Outcome was a stay of 90 days or longer in a LTC nursing home within 6 months of SNF admission.

Results

Within 6 months of SNF admission, 10.4% of participants

SUBMITTER: Goodwin JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6181774 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature