Assessing 'first visits' by physicians to Medicare patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
- Author(s):
- Ryskina, Kira L., author Yuan, Yihao, author Teng, Shelly, author Burke, Robert, author
- Contributor(s):
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2019
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Patient Discharge Physicians Skilled Nursing Facilities Subacute Care -- methods Medicare Mortality Patient Admission Patient Readmission -- statistics & numerical data Physician's Role Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) Skilled Nursing Facilities -- statistics & numerical data Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In this study of postacute care, more than 10% of Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) stays included no visit from a physician or advanced practitioner. Of stays with visits, about half of initial assessments occurred within a day of admission, and nearly 80% occurred within four days. Patients who did not receive a visit from a physician or advanced practitioner were nearly twice as likely to be readmitted to a hospital (28%) or to die (14%) within 30 days of SNF admission than patients who had an initial visit.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations and Portraits
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101750226 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101750226