2020
Where Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home?
Venkatesh AK, Gettel CJ, Mei H, Chou SC, Rothenberg C, Liu SL, D’Onofrio G, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Where Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home? Journal Of Applied Gerontology 2020, 40: 828-836. PMID: 32842827, PMCID: PMC7904961, DOI: 10.1177/0733464820950125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalHumansMedicarePatient DischargePatient-Centered CareSkilled Nursing FacilitiesUnited StatesConceptsAcute care visitsCare visitsEmergency departmentMedicare beneficiariesSNF staySNF servicesSkilled nursing facility residentsNursing facility residentsSkilled nursing facility servicesAcute care capabilitiesCross-sectional analysisNursing facility servicesHigher proportionAcute careMedical homeFacility residentsCare capabilitiesVisitsNumber of daysStayCareDepartmentFacility servicesBeneficiariesProportion
2019
Persistent geographic variations in availability and quality of nursing home care in the United States: 1996 to 2016
Wang Y, Zhang Q, Spatz ES, Gao Y, Eckenrode S, Johnson F, Ho SY, Hu S, Xing C, Krumholz HM. Persistent geographic variations in availability and quality of nursing home care in the United States: 1996 to 2016. BMC Geriatrics 2019, 19: 103. PMID: 30975076, PMCID: PMC6460800, DOI: 10.1186/s12877-019-1117-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Skilled Nursing Facility Referral and Hospital Readmission Rates after Heart Failure or Myocardial Infarction
Chen J, Ross JS, Carlson MD, Lin Z, Normand SL, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Ling SM, Han LF, Rapp MT, Krumholz HM. Skilled Nursing Facility Referral and Hospital Readmission Rates after Heart Failure or Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Medicine 2012, 125: 100.e1-100.e9. PMID: 22195535, PMCID: PMC3246370, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHeart FailureHumansMaleMedicareMyocardial InfarctionPatient ReadmissionReferral and ConsultationSkilled Nursing FacilitiesUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized readmission ratesSkilled nursing facilitiesHeart failureHospital-level variationReadmission ratesMyocardial infarctionRate of dischargeHospital-level readmission ratesSubstantial hospital-level variationService Medicare patientsCause readmission rateRisk of readmissionHospital readmission ratesHF admissionsRegression modelsAMI patientsFacility referralPrincipal diagnosisMedicare patientsMedicare claimsClaims dataAMI admissionsAMI hospitalizationNursing facilities