Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) provide specialized treatment for patients with chronic critical illness. Increasingly LTACs are co-located within traditional short-stay hospitals rather than operated as free-standing facilities, which may affect LTAC utilization patterns and outcomes.We compared free-standing and co-located LTACs using 2005 data from the United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We used bivariate analyses to examine patient characteristics and timing of LTAC transfer, and used propensity matching and multivariable regression to examine mortality, readmissions, and costs after transfer.Of 379 LTACs in our sample, 192 (50.7%) were free-standing and 187 (49.3%) were co-located in a short-stay hospital. Co...
Background: Little evidence exists on the effects of receiving care in a long-term acute care hospit...
Long-term acute care hospitals have emerged as a novel approach for the care of patients recovering ...
To assess regional trends in long-term acute care hospital (LTAC) use over time. Retrospective study...
<div><p>Background</p><p>Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) provide specialized treatment for pa...
Background Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) provide specialized treatment for patients with ch...
Background Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) provide specialized treatment for patients with ch...
BackgroundLong-term acute care hospital (LTACH) use varies considerably across the U.S., which may r...
<p>*Patients were matched based on their propensity for transfer to a co-located LTAC as well their ...
ObjectivesTo determine why non-mechanically ventilated hospitalized older adults are transferred to ...
Importance:Despite providing an overlapping level of care, it is unknown why hospitalized older adul...
ObjectivesThere is wide variation in long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) use nationwide, the most ...
Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) are an increasingly common discharge destination for patients...
BACKGROUND: Acute care hospitals in Quebec are required to reserve 10% of their beds for patients re...
Rationale: The National Quality Forum recently endorsed in-hospital mortality and intensive care uni...
<p>ICU = intensive care unit; LTAC = long-term acute care hospital</p><p>Unadjusted outcomes for the...
Background: Little evidence exists on the effects of receiving care in a long-term acute care hospit...
Long-term acute care hospitals have emerged as a novel approach for the care of patients recovering ...
To assess regional trends in long-term acute care hospital (LTAC) use over time. Retrospective study...
<div><p>Background</p><p>Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) provide specialized treatment for pa...
Background Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) provide specialized treatment for patients with ch...
Background Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) provide specialized treatment for patients with ch...
BackgroundLong-term acute care hospital (LTACH) use varies considerably across the U.S., which may r...
<p>*Patients were matched based on their propensity for transfer to a co-located LTAC as well their ...
ObjectivesTo determine why non-mechanically ventilated hospitalized older adults are transferred to ...
Importance:Despite providing an overlapping level of care, it is unknown why hospitalized older adul...
ObjectivesThere is wide variation in long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) use nationwide, the most ...
Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) are an increasingly common discharge destination for patients...
BACKGROUND: Acute care hospitals in Quebec are required to reserve 10% of their beds for patients re...
Rationale: The National Quality Forum recently endorsed in-hospital mortality and intensive care uni...
<p>ICU = intensive care unit; LTAC = long-term acute care hospital</p><p>Unadjusted outcomes for the...
Background: Little evidence exists on the effects of receiving care in a long-term acute care hospit...
Long-term acute care hospitals have emerged as a novel approach for the care of patients recovering ...
To assess regional trends in long-term acute care hospital (LTAC) use over time. Retrospective study...