2019
Home Health Care After Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge Following Heart Failure Hospitalization
Weerahandi H, Bao H, Herrin J, Dharmarajan K, Ross JS, Jones S, Horwitz LI. Home Health Care After Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge Following Heart Failure Hospitalization. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2019, 68: 96-102. PMID: 31603248, PMCID: PMC6964248, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkilled nursing facilitiesHF hospitalizationReadmission ratesReadmission riskHeart failure readmission ratesDays of dischargeHeart failure hospitalizationRetrospective cohort studyHospital discharge practicesMore functional impairmentHome health careFailure hospitalizationHF patientsUnplanned readmissionCohort studyHospital dischargePrimary outcomeRestorative therapySNF stayFunctional impairmentHome healthcare servicesService Medicare dataAdjusted modelCox modelNursing facilities
2015
Observation encounters and subsequent nursing facility stays.
Vashi AA, Cafardi SG, Powers CA, Ross JS, Shrank WH. Observation encounters and subsequent nursing facility stays. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2015, 21: e276-81. PMID: 26244791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedicare coverageCommunity-dwelling Medicare beneficiariesCommunity-dwelling beneficiariesRetrospective cohort studyHome health servicesSkilled nursing facility careNursing facility careCohort studyFacility stayInpatient stayMedicare beneficiariesFacility careObservation encountersHealth servicesStayLonger lengthPatientsAssociated costsSmall minorityOne-fourthBeneficiariesCare