'We'll Decide For You': A Patient Is Rushed At Hospital Discharge

After hip fracture surgery, a patient is stabilized but is given only hours to choose a rehabilitation facility before discharge.

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Published inHealth Affairs Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 727 - 730
Main Author Siu, Albert L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE 01.05.2023
Subjects
Appeals
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Fractures
Health care policy
Hip joint
Hospitalists
Hospitals
Humans
Medicare
Mobility
Pandemics
Patient Discharge
Patients
Physical therapy
Rehabilitation
Surgeons
Surgery
Thanksgiving
New York
United States > US
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Summary:After hip fracture surgery, a patient is stabilized but is given only hours to choose a rehabilitation facility before discharge.
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/HLTHAFF.2022.01655