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What patient- and hospital-level factors are associated with home health care referrals following nonelective hospitalizations in older Medicare patients?
What patient- and hospital-level factors are associated with home health care referrals following nonelective hospitalizations in older Medicare patients?
Nearly 30% of older Medicare patients receive home health care referrals after nonelective hospitalization, driven by factors including older age, heart failure, and sepsis.
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HHC referral patterns after nonelective hospitalization associate with multiple factors; leaves open questions of appropriateness and outcomes for prospective study.
Jones et al. (2016) studied this question.
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