Fill-in-the-Blank: Enter the appropriate term(s) to complete each statement. The hospital's average length of stay is classified as ___ (or acute) or ___. Matching: Enter a 1 if the abbreviation represents an accrediting agency and a 2 if it represents a regulatory a...
The typical average length of stay (ALOS) at a SNF is around 30 days. The SNF length of stay (LOS) iseven greaterif you remove those patients who were readmitted to the hospital (as two thirds of those readmitted within 30 days occur in the first 15 days at the SNF). The average co...
When patients were matched for age, gender, operative diagnosis, and admission ambulation FIM, those who received rehabilitation in the IRF had, on average, a shorter length of stay and superior functional outcomes than those treated in SNFs....
Average 1.46 0.95–2.27 0.09 Below-average 1.29 0.88–1.48 0.20 Charlson comorbidity index score 0 Ref 1 5.06 0.86–29.92 0.07 2 2.35 0.64–8.60 0.20 ≥3 4.49 1.32–15.29 0.02 LOS 17.4 days (mean) Ref 18.4 days 0.94 0.92–0.96 <0.001 LOS, length of stay, SNF, skilled nursing facility...