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Transitions From Skilled Nursing Facility to Home: The Relationship of Early Outpatient Care to Hospital Readmission

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Carnahan, Jennifer L., Slaven, James E., Callahan, Christopher M., Tu, Wanzhu, Torke, Alexia M.·2017·Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

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Background Many adults are discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) prior to returning home from the hospital. Patient characteristics and factors that can help to prevent postdischarge adverse outcomes are poorly understood.Objective To identify whether early post-SNF discharge care reduces likelihood of 30-day hospital readmissions.Design Secondary data analysis using the Electronic Medical Record, Medicare, Medicaid and the Minimum Data Set.Participants/setting Older (age > 65 years), community-dwelling adults admitted to a safety net hospital in the Midwest for 3 or more nights and discharged home after an SNF stay (n = 1543).Measurements The primary outcome was hospital readmission within 30 days of SNF discharge. The primary independent variables were either a home health visit or an outpatient provider visit within a week of SNF discharge.Results Out of 8754 community-dwelling, hospitalized older adults, 3025 (34.6%) were discharged to an SNF, of whom 1543 (51.0%) returned home. Among the SNF to home group, a home health visit within a week of SNF discharge was associated with reduced hazard of 30-day hospital readmission [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 0.61, P < .001] but outpatient provider visits were not associated with reduced risk of hospital readmission (aHR = 0.67, P = .821).Conclusion For patients discharged from an SNF to home, the finding that a home health visit within a week of discharge is associated with reduced hazard of 30-day hospital readmissions suggests a potential avenue for intervention.

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  • Direct care workers provide care to individuals returning from a hospital stay and help reduce their risk of readmission.

    “They also provide care to individuals returning from a hospital stay and help reduce their risk of readmission.[661][662][663]”

    From 2023 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures (2023) · cites this paper as [661]

    The Results report that a home health visit within a week of discharge from a skilled nursing facility to home was associated with a lower hazard of 30-day hospital readmission. The paper does not identify those visits as care by direct care workers, establish that the visits caused the reduction, or extend the finding to everyone returning directly home from a hospital stay. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Across settings, direct care workers provide care to individuals returning from a hospital stay and can help reduce the risk of readmission, as well as assist with end-of-life care transitions.

    “Across settings, they also provide care to individuals returning from a hospital stay and can help reduce the risk of readmission, as well as assist with end‐of‐life care transitions.”

    From 2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures (2024) · cites this paper as [769]

    The Discussion reports that home health visits within a week of discharge from a skilled nursing facility were associated with fewer 30-day hospital readmissions. It does not establish that direct care workers specifically reduced readmissions across settings, and it does not address end-of-life care transitions. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  1. [36]Hines AL Barrett ML Jiang HJ Steiner CA Conditions With the Largest Number of Adult Hospital Readmissions by Payer, 2011: Statistical Brief #172 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Briefs Rockville (MD) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) 2014 24901179

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Authors
Carnahan, J. L., Slaven, J. E., Callahan, C. M., Tu, W., & Torke, A. M.
Affiliations
  • Regenstrief Institute (US)
  • Indiana University Indianapolis (US)
  • Indiana University Health (US)
Corresponding author
Carnahan, Jennifer L.
Venue
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-10
Volume
18
Issue
10
Pages
853-859
ISSN
1525-8610 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2647277178
Cited by
41
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 3
FWCI
7.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • IUScholarWorks (Indiana University) (submittedVersion)
  • PMC
Funders
National Institute on Aging (R01AG031222, K24AG053794)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
Keywords
skilled nursing facility discharge, hospital readmission, 30-day readmission, home health visits, outpatient care, older adults, community-dwelling adults, post-discharge care, safety-net hospitals
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Ambulatory Care, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Readmission, Patient Transfer, Primary Health Care, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Databases, Factual

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