The effects of vertically integrated care on health care use and outcomes in inpatient rehabilitation facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the effects of receiving vertically integrated care in inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) on health care use and outcomes.

Data sources

Medicare enrollment, claims, and IRF patient assessment data from 2012 to 2014.

Study design

We estimated within-IRF differences in health care use and outcomes between IRF patients admitted from hospitals vertically integrated with the IRF (parent hospital) vs patients admitted from other hospitals. For hospital-based IRFs, the parent hospital was defined as the hospital that owned the IRF and co-located with the IRF. For freestanding IRFs, the parent hospital(s) was defined as the hospital(s) that was in the same health system. We estimated models for freestanding and hospital-based IRFs and for fee-f

SUBMITTER: Sood N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8522568 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature