Receipt of Timely Primary Care Services Following Post-Acute Skilled Nursing Facility Care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our study examined the proportion of skilled nursing facility (SNF) post-acute care residents who did not receive timely primary care provider (PCP) services following discharge, factors associated with lack of timely PCP services, and factors associated with perfect 30-day home time among those who did not receive timely PCP services.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study; data sources included Medicare claims and other administrative databases.

Setting and participants

25,357 fee-for-service New York State Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older admitted to SNFs for post-acute care in 2014 and then discharged to the community.

Methods

Our outcomes were a timely PCP visit (within 7 days of SNF discharge) and perfect 30-day home time, and we examin

SUBMITTER: Simning A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7988426 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature