Frequent use of post-acute care associated with higher hospital readmission rates
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 12:26
in Health & Medicine
To ensure that they receive proper care after surgery, patients are frequently referred by hospitals to inpatient facilities such as skilled nursing homes or inpatient rehabilitation centers or to receive home health care and other outpatient services. This type of care, called post-acute care, now accounts for some $62 billion in annual Medicare spending.