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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018 Oct;19(10):896–901. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.03.006

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Unadjusted unplanned readmission rates over 90-day episodes of care for patients discharged to post-acute care (a. Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, b. Skilled Nursing Facilities, c. Home Health Agencies) following hospitalization for stroke, lower extremity joint replacement, or hip or femur fracture. Labels: Elective, elective hip replacement; Non-elective, non-elective hip replacement; KA, knee arthroplasty; Comp, hip fracture with complications.

a. Patients discharged to Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities. *Log rank tests for 30- and 90-day unplanned readmissions were 33.16 (p<0.0001) and 15.58 (p<0.0001) for stroke, 153.19 (p<0.0001) and 543.87 (p<0.0001) for joint replacement, and 6.51 (p=0.0387) and 3.94 (p=0.1396) for fracture.

b. Patients discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities. *Log rank tests for 30- and 90-day unplanned readmissions were 40.01 (p<0.0001) and 18.06 (p<0.0001) for stroke, 1367.07 (p<0.0001) and 3959.17 (p<0.0001) for joint replacement, and 0.62 (p=0.7331) and 1.38 (p=0.5017) for fracture, respectively.

c. Patients discharged with Home Health Agency services. *Log rank tests for 30- and 90-day unplanned readmissions were 19.91 (p<0.0001) and 4.44 (p=0.0350) for stroke, 217.50 (p<0.0001) and 476.52 (p<0.0001) for joint replacement, and 0.14 (p=0.9335) and 3.12 (p=0.2102) for fracture, respectively.