Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Use of Non-Mechanically Ventilated Hospitalized Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine why non-mechanically ventilated hospitalized older adults are transferred to long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals rather than remaining in the hospital.

Design

Observational cohort.

Setting

National Medicare data.

Participants

Non-mechanically ventilated hospitalized adults aged 65 and older with fee-for-service Medicare in 2012 who were transferred to an LTAC hospital (n=1,831) or had a prolonged hospitalization without transfer (average hospital length of stay or longer of those transferred to an LTAC hospital) and had one of the 50 most common hospital diagnoses leading to LTAC transfer (N=12,875).

Measurements

We assessed predictors of transfer using a multilevel model, adjusting for patient-, hospital-, and hospital referral

SUBMITTER: Makam AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6239216 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature