Does Reducing Length of Stay Increase Rehospitalization Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities?

摘要

Background/ObjectivesRehospitalizations are costly and pose risks for patients. Increased rates of rehospitalization have accompanied decreases in hospital length of stay, raising the possibility that these two trends are causally related. Our objective was to analyze the relationship between length of stay and rehospitalization.