Factors Predicting Swing Bed Versus Skilled Nursing Facility Use
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Description
Examines differences between patients discharged to swing beds versus skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Features statistics on discharge disposition of people from rural Critical Access Hospital (CAH) and Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospitals, characteristics of people discharged to swing beds or SNFs, with breakdowns by rural CAH discharges and rural PPS discharges, and hospitalization type for discharges to swing beds or SNFs. Includes the 10 most common diagnostic categories for discharges to swing beds or SNFs.
Author(s)
Tyler Malone, Mark Holmes
Date
10/2022
Type
Document
Organization
North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
Tagged as
Critical Access Hospitals · Long-term care · Reimbursement and payment models · Statistics and data · Swing bed services