Home Health Care After Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge Following Heart Failure Hospitalization.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Heart failure (HF) readmission rates have plateaued despite scrutiny of hospital discharge practices. Many HF patients are discharged to skilled nursing facility (SNF) after hospitalization before returning home. Home healthcare (HHC) services received during the additional transition from SNF to home may affect readmission risk. Here, we examined whether receipt of HHC affects readmission risk during the transition from SNF to home following HF hospitalization.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Fee-for-service Medicare data, 2012 to 2015.

Participants

Beneficiaries, aged 65 years and older, hospitalized with HF who were subsequently discharged to SNF and then discharged home.

Measurements

The primary outcome was unplanned r

SUBMITTER: Weerahandi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6964248 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature