JAMDA Study Looks at the Relationship of Early Outpatient Care to Hospital Readmission
A new study "Transitions From Skilled Nursing Facility to Home: The Relationship of Early Outpatient Care to Hospital Readmission", published by The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (JAMDA), looks at whether early post–SNF discharge care reduces likelihood of 30-day hospital readmissions.
The authors studied over 1500 community-dwelling older adults who were discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) prior to returning home. They found that having a home health worker visit within a week after patients leave a SNF was the factor that was most significantly associated with reduced rate of 30-day hospital readmissions.
This study was conducted by Dr. Jennifer Carnahan and Dr. Alexia Torke, who are affiliated with the JAHF Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine at Indiana University.
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