Medicare Beneficiaries Likely to Seek Hospital Care After Rehab Discharge

Researchers have found that more than one-fifth of Medicare beneficiaries seek hospital care within a month of being discharged from long-term care facilities where they were receiving rehabilitation. Additionally, 37 percent sough acute care within three months of discharge.

The researchers didn't determine how these return visits could be prevented, but they did identify several risk factors for hospital admission following nursing home rehab. These included:

• The presence of cancer or respiratory disease
• Being male or African American 
• Being a resident in a for-profit facility 

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