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2492 Risk of readmission after discharge from skilled nursing facilities following heart failure hospitalization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2018

Himali Weerahandi
Affiliation:
NYU Lutheran, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Li Li
Affiliation:
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Jeph Herrin
Affiliation:
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Kumar Dharmarajan
Affiliation:
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Lucy Kim
Affiliation:
NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Joseph Ross
Affiliation:
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Simon Jones
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA
Leora Horwitz
Affiliation:
NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Abstract

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OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Determine timing of risk of readmissions within 30 days among patients first discharged to a skilled nursing facilities (SNF) after heart failure hospitalization and subsequently discharged home. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients with SNF stays of 30 days or less following discharge from a heart failure hospitalization. Patients were followed for 30 days following discharge from SNF. We categorized patients based on SNF length of stay (LOS): 1–6 days, 7–13 days, 14–30 days. We then fit a piecewise exponential Bayesian model with the outcome as time to readmission after discharge from SNF for each group. Our event of interest was unplanned readmission; death and planned readmissions were considered as competing risks. Our model examined 2 different time intervals following discharge from SNF: 0–3 days post SNF discharge and 4–30 days post SNF discharge. We reported the hazard rate (credible interval) of readmission for each time interval. We examined all Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients 65 and older admitted from July 2012 to June 2015 with a principal discharge diagnosis of HF, based on methods adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for hospital quality measurement. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Our study included 67,585 HF hospitalizations discharged to SNF and subsequently discharged home [median age, 84 years (IQR; 78–89); female, 61.0%]; 13,257 (19.2%) were discharged with home care, 54,328 (80.4%) without. Median length of SNF admission was 17 days (IQR; 11–22). In total, 16,333 (24.2%) SNF discharges to home were readmitted within 30 days of SNF discharge; median time to readmission was 9 days (IQR; 3–18). The hazard rate of readmission for each group was significantly increased on days 0–3 after discharge from SNF compared with days 4–30 after discharge from SNF. In addition, the hazard rate of readmission during the first 0–3 days after discharge from SNF decreased as the LOS in SNF increased. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: The hazard rate of readmission after SNF discharge following heart failure hospitalization is highest during the first 6 days home. Length of stay at SNF also has an effect on risk of readmission immediately after discharge from SNF; patients with a longer length of stay in SNF were less likely to be readmitted in the first 3 days after discharge from SNF.

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Science and Health Policy/Ethics/Health Impacts/Outcomes Research
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