Becker's Healthcare August 28, 2018
Although the U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other developed nation, it does not have better health outcomes. This reality has forced policymakers and researchers to look into the discrepancy and find solutions to drive out waste. One solution that wouldn’t harm patient care is reworking the reimbursement structure or altogether eliminating long-term care hospitals, a working paper published Aug. 27 by researchers at the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests.
Long-term care hospitals, which typically serve very sick patients for an average of 25 days, are one of several facilities that provide post-acute care. While under the post-acute care umbrella, these facilities have a vastly different reimbursement structure, which was established nearly four decades ago.
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