Associations between nursing home performance and hospital 30‐day readmissions for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia at the healthcare community level in the United States
Pandolfi MM, Wang Y, Spenard A, Johnson F, Bonner A, Ho S, Elwell T, Bakullari A, Galusha D, Leifheit‐Limson E, Lichtman JH, Krumholz HM. Associations between nursing home performance and hospital 30‐day readmissions for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia at the healthcare community level in the United States. International Journal Of Older People Nursing 2017, 12 PMID: 28516505, DOI: 10.1111/opn.12154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionReadmission ratesHeart failureNursing homesService patientsMyocardial infarctionMedicare feeLower hospital readmission ratesHospital readmission ratesNurse staffing measuresAcute care hospitalsCross-sectional studyHospital service areasFive-Star Quality Rating SystemNursing home performanceUnplanned readmissionCare hospitalReadmission dataCommunity-based service providersCare teamMedicare patientsReadmissionStaffing measuresPatientsPneumonia