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Article: Which is better for stroke patients -- nursing home or rehab hospital?
- Article from:
- Cost Management in Cardiac Care
- Article date:
- December 1, 1997
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Which is better for stroke patients -- nursing home or rehab hospital?
Should it depend on whoEs paying?
Are your stroke patients likely to be discharged to a nursing home or an acute rehab hospital? Rehab hospitals are clearly more expensive than nursing facilities, but the intensity of care there and shorter lengths of stay significantly alter the cost-effectiveness balance. If you look at readmission rates and expensive long-term complications, you may conclude it costs less to return stroke patients to the community as quickly as possible than to have them remain in an institutionalized environment.
"One way or another, we end up paying for ...