title: Understanding and operationalizing subacute services.
abstract: Providers are now viewing subacute care as an opportunity to market to managed care businesses. Many existing subacute units claim they can provide quality post-acute-care hospital services for considerably less cost than traditional inpatient stays. Subacute units will have to demonstrate both cost savings and quality to be attractive to the market place. Therefore, it is important for nursing managers to understand operational and other aspects of this business.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Micheletti
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Shlala
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009874:Operations Research; D010343:Patient Admission; D018579:Patient Selection; D011383:Progressive Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*