A Comparison of Free-Standing versus Co-Located Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals

Jeremy M Kahn, Amber E Barnato, Judith R Lave, Francis Pike, Lisa A Weissfeld, Tri Q Le and Derek C Angus

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: Background: Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs) provide specialized treatment for patients with chronic critical illness. Increasingly LTACs are co-located within traditional short-stay hospitals rather than operated as free-standing facilities, which may affect LTAC utilization patterns and outcomes. Methods: We compared free-standing and co-located LTACs using 2005 data from the United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We used bivariate analyses to examine patient characteristics and timing of LTAC transfer, and used propensity matching and multivariable regression to examine mortality, readmissions, and costs after transfer. Results: Of 379 LTACs in our sample, 192 (50.7%) were free-standing and 187 (49.3%) were co-located in a short-stay hospital. Co-located LTACs were smaller (median bed size: 34 vs. 66, p

Date: 2015
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