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Comparative effectiveness of long-term acute care hospital versus skilled nursing facility transfer [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) use varies considerably across the U.S., which may reflect uncertainty about the effectiveness of LTACHs vs. skilled nursing facilities (SNF), the principal post-acute care alternative.
Anil N. Makam, Oanh Kieu Nguyen, Michael E. Miller, Sachin J. Shah, Kandice A. Kapinos, Ethan A. Halm   +5 more
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Did Avoiding Post-Acute Skilled Nursing Facility Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic Save Lives? [PDF]

Journal of Long-Term Care
Context: During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients using post-acute care generally avoided skilled nursing facilities, presumably to reduce their chance of illness and death. However, staying at home after an acute inpatient hospitalization carries its own
Edward C. Norton, Bradley J. Raine, Kristen Palframan Hassett   +2 more
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SARS-CoV-2 entry into and evolution within a skilled nursing facility [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the family Coronaviridae which includes multiple human pathogens that have an outsized impact on aging populations. As a novel human pathogen, SARS-CoV-2 is undergoing continuous adaptation to this new host species and there is ...
Nicole R. Sexton, Parker J. Cline, Emily N. Gallichotte, Emily Fitzmeyer, Michael C. Young, Ashley J. Janich, Kristy L. Pabilonia, Nicole Ehrhart, Gregory D. Ebel   +8 more
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Tracheostomy at skilled nursing facilities

Pulmonology, 2020
A.P. Betrosian, D. Tsimouris, L. Kalathaki   +2 more
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Enhancing Geriatric Knowledge for Interprofessional Health Sciences Students and Skilled Nursing Facility Staff [PDF]

Innov Aging
Vania Leung
europepmc   +3 more sources

Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Reimbursement and Upcoding

Health Economics, 2012
ABSTRACTPost‐acute care provided by skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) is reimbursed by Medicare under a prospective payment system using resource utilization groups (RUGs) that adjust payment intensity on the basis of predefined ranges of weekly therapy minutes provided and the functionality of the patient.
John R. Bowblis, Christopher Brunt
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Predicting Potential Adverse Events During a Skilled Nursing Facility Stay: A Skilled Nursing Facility Prognosis Score [PDF]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2018
Objectives To derive a risk prediction score for potential adverse outcomes in older adults transitioning to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) from the hospital. Design Retrospective analysis.
Robert E. Burke, Edward Hess, Anna E. Barón, Cari Levy, Jacques Donzé   +4 more
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Notes from the Field: Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Associated with Assisted Blood Glucose Monitoring in a Skilled Nursing Facility - North Carolina, 2024. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Moore JR, Breeyear T, Gowler CD, Moore R, Will S, Brewer D, Swankie T, Beaver S, Vaughn A.   +8 more
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Hospital Variation in Skilled Nursing Facility Use After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery [PDF]

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Over 20% of patients are discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, but little is known about specific drivers for postdischarge SNF use.
James W. Stewart, Hechuan Hou, Robert B. Hawkins, Francis D. Pagani, Madeline R. Sterling, Donald S. Likosky, Michael P. Thompson   +6 more
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Size of the Financial Incentives in Medicare's Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program. [PDF]

JAMA Netw Open
Burke RE, Hutchins F, Heintz J, Patel SR, Appel S, Norman J, Gupta A, Rose L, Werner RM.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources