title: Hospital readmission of skilled nursing facility residents: a systematic review.
abstract: Hospital readmission of patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) is common and costly with increasing public attention over the past decade, particularly in light of the new health care environment surrounding the advent of the Affordable Care Act. The purpose of the current systematic review is to critically examine prevalence, predictors, and costs of hospital readmission of SNF residents found in the medical literature. Individual resident, facility, and intervention factors predicting hospital readmission of SNF residents were studied. Despite the heterogeneity of the reviewed articles' data sources and study designs, the existing literature asserts that hospital readmission of SNF residents is associated with individual resident and facility characteristics. Implementation of promising intervention programs can promote quality of care and reduce hospital readmission of SNF residents.
authors.forename: Ji Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Sanjeeda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jabeen
authors.forename: Tanvir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bajwa
authors.forename: Sun J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leander
authors.forename: Laila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: Jodi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Punke
authors.forename: Soryal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soryal
authors.forename: Ariba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D017048:Health Care Costs; D006760:Hospitalization; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D010359:Patient Readmission; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities; D014481:United States