Quality of Post-Acute Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities That Disproportionately Serve Hispanics With Dementia

As the number of Hispanics with dementia continues to increase, greater use of post-acute care in nursing home settings will be required. Little is known about the quality of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that disproportionately serve Hispanic patients with dementia and whether the quality of SNF care varies by the concentration of Medicare Advantage (MA) patients with dementia admitted to these SNFs.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - July 29, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Maricruz Rivera-Hernandez, Chanee D. Fabius, Shekinah Fashaw, Brian Downer, Amit Kumar, Orestis A. Panagiotou, Gary Epstein-Lubow Tags: Original Study Source Type: research