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Closures of Hospital-Based SNF Units: Insights from Interviews with Administrators, Discharge Planners and Referring Physicians

Description
Reports on interviews with officials at fifteen acute care hospitals with Medicare skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in 1998, some of which were still open and some of which had closed. Addresses the reasons, and consequences, of hospitals' decisions to close SNF units. The study included hospitals in urban and rural areas.
Author(s)
Korbin Liu, Emily Jones, Urban Institute
Date
03/2007
Type
Document
Organization
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Tagged as
Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Hospitals · Long-term care

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