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CORR Insights®: High Risk of Readmission After THA Regardless of Functional Status in Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facility

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Where Are We Now? P ostacute care is a key component of the US healthcare system.Among US Medicare beneficiaries undergoing inpatient surgery, 47% receive postacute care from either a skilled nursing facility (SNF), home healthcare agency, inpatient rehabilitation facility, or a long-term acute care hospital [18].Patients who need postacute care may have limited choices of where to receive it, and care may not achieve patients' goals.Decades of studies have pointed to lapses in care handoffs and This CORR Insights ® is a commentary on the article "High Risk of Readmission After THA Regardless of Functional Status in Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facility" by Pasqualini and colleagues available at: DOI: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002950.The author (KSB) certifies receipt of

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

DOI: 10.1097/corr.0000000000002989

Author: Kenneth S. Boockvar

Institutions: University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4391124890