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Toles M, Preisser JS, Colón-Emeric C, Naylor MD, Weinberger M, Zhang Y, Hanson LC. Connect-Home transitional care from skilled nursing facilities to home: A stepped wedge, cluster randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 2023; 71:1068-1080. [PMID: 36625769 PMCID: PMC10089938 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients and their caregivers who transition to home experience complications and frequently return to acute care. We tested the efficacy of the Connect-Home transitional care intervention on patient and caregiver preparedness for care at home, and other patient and caregiver-reported outcomes. METHODS We used a stepped wedge, cluster-randomized trial design to test the intervention against standard discharge planning (control). The setting was six SNFs and six home health offices in one agency. Participants were 327 dyads of patients discharged from SNF to home and their caregivers; 11.1% of dyads in the control condition and 81.2% in the intervention condition were enrolled after onset of COVID-19. Patients were 63.9% female and mean age was 76.5 years. Caregivers were 73.7% female and mean age was 59.5 years. The Connect-Home intervention includes tools, training, and technical assistance to deliver transitional care in SNFs and patients' homes. Primary outcomes measured at 7 days included patient and caregiver measures of preparedness for care at home, the Care Transitions Measure-15 (patient) and the Preparedness for Caregiving Scale (caregiver). Secondary outcomes measured at 30 and 60 days included the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire, Life Space Assessment, Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale, Distress Thermometer, and self-reported number of patient days in the ED or hospital in 30 and 60 days following SNF discharge. RESULTS The intervention was not associated with improvement in patient or caregiver outcomes in the planned analyses. Post-hoc analyses that distinguished between pre- and post-pandemic effects suggest the intervention may be associated with increased patient preparedness for discharge and decreased number of acute care days. CONCLUSIONS Connect-Home transitional care did not improve outcomes in the planned statistical analysis. Post-hoc findings accounting for COVID-19 impact suggest SNF transitional care has potential to increase patient preparedness and decrease return to acute care.
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- Mark Toles
- School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- School of Medicine, Duke University and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center at the Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Wang PY, Lin WC, Hsieh PC, Lin SH, Liu PY, Chao TH, Hsu CH. The Effects of Post-Acute Care in Patients with Heart Failure in Taiwan: A Single Center Experience. ACTA CARDIOLOGICA SINICA 2023; 39:287-296. [PMID: 36911546 PMCID: PMC9999181 DOI: 10.6515/acs.202303_39(2).20220923b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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Background The National Health Insurance Administration in Taiwan has promoted the heart failure post-acute care (HF-PAC) program as a means to provide proactive integrated care within the optimal treatment timeframe to enhance functional recovery after acute decompensated heart failure (HF). Objectives The aim of this program was to reduce HF readmission rates, improved medication prescription rates, and improve the quality of life in HF patients. Methods Patients who had a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≤ 40% were included and followed up for 6 months after discharge. They underwent cardiac rehabilitation and physiological, and nutritional status evaluations. The main clinical outcomes of the HF-PAC program were guideline-directed medical therapy prescription rate and 6-month readmission rate. Results A total of 122 patients were recruited from June 2018 to December 2020 at a medical center in southern Taiwan. The patients' activities of daily living, nutritional status, quality of life and LVEF were significantly improved during the HF-PAC program. More than 95% of the patients received guideline-directed medical prescriptions at the end of the HF-PAC program. The cardiovascular-related 6-month re-admission rate after the HF-PAC program ended was 27.7%, and it could be predicted by the New York Health Association functional class [hazard ratio (HR) 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 4.12 (1.36-12.46)], value of the Mini Nutritional Assessment - Short Form [HR (95% CI) = 0.46 (0.31-0.68)] and LVEF [HR (95% CI) = 0.95 (0.91-0.99)]. Conclusions By incorporating multidisciplinary healthcare teams, the HF-PAC program improves the guideline- directed medical therapy prescription rate, thus improving patients' cardiac function, physical activity recovery, the quality of life, and also reduces their readmission rate.
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- Pei-Yi Wang
- Department of Nursing, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan.,Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei
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- Department of Nursing, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan.,Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University.,Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Weerahandi H, Chaussee EL, Dodson JA, Dolansky M, Boxer RS. Disease Management in Skilled Nursing Facilities Improves Outcomes for Patients With a Primary Diagnosis of Heart Failure. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2022; 23:367-372. [PMID: 34478693 PMCID: PMC8885787 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are common destinations after hospitalization for patients with heart failure (HF). Our objective was to determine if patients in SNFs with a primary hospital discharge diagnosis of HF benefit from an HF disease management program (HF-DMP). DESIGN This is a subgroup analysis of multisite, physician and practice blocked, cluster-randomized controlled trial of HF-DMP vs usual care for patients in SNF with an HF diagnosis. The HF-DMP standardized SNF HF care using HF practice guidelines and performance measures and was delivered by an HF nurse advocate. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Patients with a primary hospital discharge diagnosis of HF discharged to SNF. METHODS Composite outcome of all-cause hospitalization, emergency department visits, and mortality were evaluated at 30 and 60 days post SNF admission. Linear mixed models accounted for patient clustering at the physician level. RESULTS Of 671 individuals enrolled in the main study, 125 had a primary hospital discharge diagnosis of HF (50 HF-DMP; 75 usual care). Mean age was 79 ± 10 years, 53% women, and mean ejection fraction 46% ± 15%. At 60 days post SNF admission, the rate of the composite outcome was lower in the HF-DMP group (30%) compared with usual care (52%) (P = .02). The rate of the composite outcome at 30 days for the HF-DMP group was 18% vs 31% in the usual care group (P = .11). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Patients with a primary hospital discharge diagnosis of HF who received HF-DMP while cared for in an SNF had lower rates of the composite outcome at 60 days. Standardized HF management during SNF stays may be important for patients with a primary discharge diagnosis of HF.
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- Himali Weerahandi
- Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
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- Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY,Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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- Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Aurora, CO,Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
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Variations in Discharge Destination Following Severe TBI across the United States. J Surg Res 2021; 271:98-105. [PMID: 34875550 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Discharge destination after traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be influenced by non-patient factors such as regional or institutional practice patterns. We hypothesized that non-patient factors would be associated with discharge destination in severe TBI patients. METHODS All patients in the ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program 2016 data set with severe TBI, defined as head Abbreviated Injury Scale ≥3, were categorized by discharge destination. Logistic regression was used to assess factors associated with each destination; odds ratios and 95% confidence level are reported. Regressions were adjusted for age, gender, race, insurance, GCS, ISS, polytrauma, mechanism, neurosurgical procedure, geographic region, teaching status, trauma center level, hospital size, and neurosurgeon group size. RESULTS 75,690 patients met inclusion criteria. 51% were discharged to home, 16% to rehab, 14% to SNF, and 11% deceased. Mortality was similar across geographic region, teaching status, and hospital size. Southern patients were more likely to be discharged to home while Northeastern patients were more likely to be discharged to rehab. Treatment by groups of 3 or more neurosurgeons was associated with SNF discharge as was treatment at community or non-teaching hospitals. Patients treated at larger hospitals were less likely to be discharged to rehab and more likely to go to SNF. CONCLUSIONS Geographic region, neurosurgeon group size, teaching status, and hospital size are significantly associated with variation in discharge destination following severe TBI. Regional and institutional variation in practice patterns may play important roles in recovery for some patients with severe TBI.
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The Package of Post-Acute Care in the Bundle of Heart Failure Episode. JACC-HEART FAILURE 2021; 9:82. [PMID: 33384069 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2020.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Simning A, Orth J, Caprio TV, Li Y, Wang J, Temkin-Greener H. Receipt of Timely Primary Care Services Following Post-Acute Skilled Nursing Facility Care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2020; 22:701-705.e1. [PMID: 33121870 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Our study examined the proportion of skilled nursing facility (SNF) post-acute care residents who did not receive timely primary care provider (PCP) services following discharge, factors associated with lack of timely PCP services, and factors associated with perfect 30-day home time among those who did not receive timely PCP services. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study; data sources included Medicare claims and other administrative databases. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS 25,357 fee-for-service New York State Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older admitted to SNFs for post-acute care in 2014 and then discharged to the community. METHODS Our outcomes were a timely PCP visit (within 7 days of SNF discharge) and perfect 30-day home time, and we examined their association with patient, SNF, and county factors. RESULTS Among SNF discharges, 60.6% had a timely PCP visit. In multivariate regression analyses, female sex, nonwhite race, Medicare only status, less functional impairment and medical comorbidity, a surgical hospitalization, fewer hospital days, more SNF days, absence of home health services, for-profit SNF status, higher SNF star rating, lower ratio of registered nurse/total nursing hours, and rural counties were associated with lower odds of a timely PCP visit following SNF discharge. Among those without a timely PCP visit, female sex, less cognitive and functional impairment, less medical comorbidity, a surgical hospitalization, fewer hospital days, receipt of home health services, and higher SNF star rating were associated with increased odds of perfect 30-day home time following SNF discharge. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS That 4 in 10 post-acute care SNF patients did not have a timely PCP visit post-SNF discharge, with racial minority and rural county status associated with decreased odds of a timely PCP visit, is concerning. Examination of whether the timing and type of outpatient visit may have varying effects on different post-acute care subpopulations would build on this work.
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- Adam Simning
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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Gardner RL, Pelland K, Youssef R, Morphis B, Calandra K, Hollands L, Gravenstein S. Reducing Hospital Readmissions Through a Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge Intervention: A Pragmatic Trial. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2019; 21:508-512. [PMID: 31812334 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine if implementation of Project Re-Engineered Discharge (RED), designed for hospitals but adapted for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), reduces hospital readmissions after SNF discharge to the community in residents admitted to the SNF following an index hospitalization. DESIGN A pragmatic trial. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS SNFs in southeastern Massachusetts, and residents discharged to the community. METHODS We compared SNFs that deployed an adapted RED intervention to a matched control group from the same region. The primary outcome was hospital readmission within 30 days after SNF discharge, among residents who had been admitted to the SNF following an index hospitalization and then discharged home. January 2016 through March 2017 was the baseline period; April 2017 through June 2018 was the follow-up period (after implementation of the intervention). We used a difference-in-differences analysis to compare the intervention SNFs to the control group, using generalized estimating equation regression and controlling for facility characteristics. RESULTS After implementation of RED, readmission rates were lower across all 4 measures in the intervention group; control facilities' readmission rates remained stable or increased. The relative decrease was 0.9% for the primary outcome of hospital readmission within 30 days after SNF discharge and 1.7% for readmission within 30 days of the index hospitalization discharge date (P ≤ .001 for both comparisons). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS We found that a systematic discharge process developed for the hospital can be adapted to the SNF environment and can reduce readmissions back to the hospital, perhaps through improved self-management skills and better engagement with community services. This work is particularly timely because of Medicare's new Value-Based Purchasing Program, in which nursing homes can receive incentive payments if their hospital readmission rates are low relative to their peers. To verify its scalability and broad potential, RED should be validated across a broader diversity of SNFs nationally.
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- Rebekah L Gardner
- Healthcentric Advisors, Providence, RI; Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
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- Healthcentric Advisors, Providence, RI; Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI; Department of Health Services Policy and Practice and the Gerontology Center for Healthcare Research, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI; Providence Veterans Administration Medical Center, Providence, RI
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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. J Am Geriatr Soc 2019; 68:96-102. [PMID: 31603248 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Heart failure (HF) readmission rates have plateaued despite scrutiny of hospital discharge practices. Many HF patients are discharged to skilled nursing facility (SNF) after hospitalization before returning home. Home healthcare (HHC) services received during the additional transition from SNF to home may affect readmission risk. Here, we examined whether receipt of HHC affects readmission risk during the transition from SNF to home following HF hospitalization. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Fee-for-service Medicare data, 2012 to 2015. PARTICIPANTS Beneficiaries, aged 65 years and older, hospitalized with HF who were subsequently discharged to SNF and then discharged home. MEASUREMENTS The primary outcome was unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge to home from SNF. We compared time to readmission between those with and without HHC services using a Cox model. RESULTS Of 67 585 HF hospitalizations discharged to SNFs and subsequently discharged home, 13 257 (19.6%) were discharged with HHC, and 54 328 (80.4%) were discharged without HHC. Patients discharged home from SNFs with HHC had lower 30-day readmission rates than patients discharged without HHC (22.8% vs 24.5%; P < .0001) and a longer time to readmission. In an adjusted model, the hazard for readmission was 0.91 (0.86-0.95) with receipt of HHC. CONCLUSIONS Recipients of HHC were less likely to be readmitted within 30 days vs those discharged home without HHC. This is unexpected, as patients discharged with HHC likely have more functional impairments. Since patients requiring a SNF stay after hospital discharge may have additional needs, they may particularly benefit from restorative therapy through HHC; however, only approximately 20% received such services. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:96-102, 2019.
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Affiliation(s)
- Himali Weerahandi
- Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.,Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.,Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.,Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.,Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.,Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.,Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York
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Sloane PD, Katz PR, Zimmerman S. The Changing Landscape of Post-acute and Rehabilitative Care. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2019; 20:389-391. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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