Rehab and Death: Improving End‐Of‐Life Care for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Beneficiaries

Hospitalized older adults with serious illness may be discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) with the hope of improving strength to live independently and receive further disease‐directed treatment, or because it is one of the few insurance‐covered options for care that provides room and boa...

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Published in:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2026-01, Vol.74 (1), p.26-32
Main Authors: Singh, Sarguni, Furman, Christian Davis, Flint, Lynn A., Teno, Joan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Aged
Beneficiaries
Discharge
Emergency medical care
End of life decisions
Health care expenditures
Health insurance
Health services utilization
Home health care
Hospice care
Hospitalized
Humans
Illnesses
Life
Medical decision making
Medicare
Medicare - economics
Nurses
Nursing
Older people
Palliative Care
Patient Discharge
Skilled Nursing Facilities - economics
Terminal Care - economics
Terminal Care - standards
United States
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