The Effect of Workforce Assignment on Performance: Evidence from Home Health Care
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home health
hospital readmissions
patient handoffs
hospital readmissions
patient handoffs
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David, Guy
Kim, Kunhee Lucy
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In this study of more than 43,000 home health episodes following a hospitalization, handoffs between skilled nursing providers—a marker of discontinuity of care—substantially increased hospital readmissions, and were more detrimental for sicker patients. The estimates imply that a single handoff increases the likelihood of 30-day hospital readmission by 16% and that one in four hospitalizations during home health care could be avoided if handoffs were eliminated.
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2018-05-22