Stroke survivors with higher scores on widely used outcome measures are more likely to be discharged home from the hospital, while those with lower scores are more likely to go to a rehabilitation or ...

Discharge Functional Independence Measure scores were more strongly associated with home/community discharge after inpatient rehabilitation in patients with traumatic brain injury than age, length of ...

(HealthDay News) – Destination of discharge alters the association between cognitive impairment and rehospitalization, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of the ...

a Using ICD-9-CM codes in the first 5 positions of hospital claims. b Top 5 cancers by number of patient episodes are shown. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2018 Quality Care Symposium. This ...

Hospitals’ shortcomings in providing post-acute care providers with adequate discharge information prompted federal regulators to issue a special memo Tuesday. Nursing homes and home health providers ...

The use of clinical decision support for hospital discharge disposition was associated with a reduction in spending and readmissions without negatively affecting emergency department use. Objectives: ...