title: Variant Post-acute Care Needs Measuring To Be Managed.
abstract: Areas of the country with high concentrations of long-term acute care hospitals or inpatient rehabilitation facilities often have much higher utilization rates, even if a skilled nursing facility or home health provider could provide care comparable in quality and at a much lower price.
authors.affiliation: Carter Paine is chief operating officer of naviHealth, a post-acute care management company in Nashville.
authors.forename: Carter
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paine
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D019467:Subacute Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D062505:Value-Based Purchasing