Skilled Nursing and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Use by Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries s Discharged Home following a Stroke: Findings from the COMPASS Trial

Objectives: To examine the effect of a comprehensive transitional care model on the utilization of skilled nursing facility (SNF) and inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) care in the 12 months after acute care discharge home following stroke; and to identify predictors of experiencing a SNF or IRF admission following discharge home after stroke.Design: Cluster randomized pragmatic trialSetting: 41 acute care hospitals in North Carolina.Participants: 2,262 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with transient ischemic attack or stroke discharged home.

Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - November 2, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Janet K. Freburger, Amy M. Pastva, Sylvia W. Coleman, Kennedy M. Peter, Anna M. Kucharska-Newton, Anna M. Johnson, Matthew A. Psioda, Pamela W. Duncan, Cheryl D. Bushnell, Wayne D. Rosamond, Sara B. Jones, COMPASS team Source Type: research