Open AccessWhere Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home?
Author(s) -
Arjun K. Venkatesh,
Cameron J. Gettel,
Hao Mei,
ShihChuan Chou,
Craig Rothenberg,
Shuling Liu,
Gail D’Onofrio,
Zhenqiu Lin,
Harlan M. Krumholz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of applied gerontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.857
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1552-4523
pISSN - 0733-4648
DOI - 10.1177/0733464820950125
Subject(s) - skilled nursing facility , acute care , medicine , minimum data set , emergency department , family medicine , nursing homes , emergency medicine , medical emergency , nursing , health care , economics , economic growth
This study aimed to characterize the distribution of acute care visits among Medicare beneficiaries receiving skilled nursing facility (SNF) services.