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Issue Brief: Controls on the Premature Discharge by Hospitals to Post-Acute Providers

05/01/2008 | Requests *

 

Summary

The prevalence of the practice of transferring patients to sub-acute levels of care has created concerns with hospital discharge planners. Their apprehension arises from the possibility that if they do not quickly transfer patients from an acute care setting to a post-acute level of care, their hospital may be at an economic disadvantage to others with shorter lengths of stay due to differing transfer practices. This paper looks at four factors that mitigate the incentives to transfer patients. 

Author

Hendrickson, Leslie; Simerly, Scott 

Available Files

  • Issue Brief Word (228K, 15 pages)
  • Issue Brief PDF (89K, 15 pages)

Keywords

post-acute care transfer policy; PAC; average length of stay; DRG transfer policy; Prospective payment reimbursement systems; Medicare Short Stay Hospital Utilization; discharge; 

Topic

Long-Term Care, Transition/Diversion from Institutions 

Type/Tool

Reports 

Source

Rutgers/NASHP 

State

All States/Territories 

Date Created

05/16/2008 

Contact

Nirvana Huhtala Petlick

npetlick@ifh.rutgers.edu

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/2250

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