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 facilitiesRisk of Readmission After Discharge From Skilled Nursing Facilities Following Heart Failure Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Weerahandi H, Li L, Bao H, Herrin J, Dharmarajan K, Ross JS, Kim KL, Jones S, Horwitz LI. Risk of Readmission After Discharge From Skilled Nursing Facilities Following Heart Failure Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2019, 20: 432-437. PMID: 30954133, PMCID: PMC6486375, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.01.135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkilled nursing facilitiesSNF dischargeRetrospective cohort studySNF lengthHeart failureHF hospitalizationComposite outcomeCohort studyNursing facilitiesService beneficiaries 65Heart failure hospitalizationRisk of readmissionHazard rate ratiosFailure hospitalizationUnplanned readmissionHF diagnosisHospital dischargePostdischarge outcomesSNF stayMedicare patientsMedicare feeHome transitionPatientsReadmissionDay 3