Specialized beds program: diversification options in skilled nursing facilities. 1986

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Serving patients in the SNF who need specialized, highly skilled care demands strong commitment, intensive planning, cooperative research, and continuous reassessment and evaluation. Specialty care programs are necessary to provide viable alternatives to acute care hospitalization for patients who need long term care. Health care organizations should continue their cooperative efforts to ensure the appropriate and cost effective use of services. Based on CCM's successful history of operating special care programs, providers should be encouraged to become leaders in developing specialized care alternatives. The appropriate use of long term care as well as acute care settings is in the best interest of patients, communities, and the health care industry itself.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008134 Long-Term Care Care over an extended period, usually for a chronic condition or disability, requiring periodic, intermittent, or continuous care. Care, Long-Term,Long Term Care
D008824 Michigan State bounded on the north by the Great Lakes, on the east by Canada, on the south by Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio, and on the west by Lake Michigan and Wisconsin.
D009735 Nursing Homes Facilities which provide nursing supervision and limited medical care to persons who do not require hospitalization. Homes, Nursing,Nursing Home
D010351 Patient Discharge The administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities. Discharge Planning,Discharge Plannings,Discharge, Patient,Discharges, Patient,Patient Discharges,Planning, Discharge,Plannings, Discharge
D012051 Reimbursement Mechanisms Processes or methods of reimbursement for services rendered or equipment. Mechanism, Reimbursement,Mechanisms, Reimbursement,Reimbursement Mechanism
D003363 Cost Control The containment, regulation, or restraint of costs. Costs are said to be contained when the value of resources committed to an activity is not considered excessive. This determination is frequently subjective and dependent upon the specific geographic area of the activity being measured. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed) Cost Containment,Containment, Cost,Containments, Cost,Control, Cost,Controls, Cost,Cost Containments,Cost Controls
D003953 Diagnosis-Related Groups A system for classifying patient care by relating common characteristics such as diagnosis, treatment, and age to an expected consumption of hospital resources and length of stay. Its purpose is to provide a framework for specifying case mix and to reduce hospital costs and reimbursements and it forms the cornerstone of the prospective payment system. Case Mix,DRG,Diagnosis Related Group,Diagnosis-Related Group,Case Mixes,DRGs,Diagnostic-Related Group,Group, Diagnostic-Related,Groups, Diagnostic-Related,Diagnosis Related Groups,Diagnostic Related Group,Diagnostic-Related Groups,Group, Diagnosis Related,Group, Diagnosis-Related,Group, Diagnostic Related,Groups, Diagnosis Related,Groups, Diagnosis-Related,Groups, Diagnostic Related,Related Group, Diagnosis,Related Groups, Diagnosis
D006739 Hospital Administration Management of the internal organization of the hospital. Hospital Organization and Administration,Organization and Administration, Hospital,Administration, Hospital
D006742 Hospital Bed Capacity The number of beds which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use. Bed Capacity, Hospital,Bed Size, Hospital,Bed Capacities, Hospital,Bed Size,Bed Sizes,Bed Sizes, Hospital,Capacities, Hospital Bed,Capacity, Hospital Bed,Hospital Bed Size,Hospital Bed Sizes,Size, Bed,Size, Hospital Bed,Sizes, Bed,Sizes, Hospital Bed,Hospital Bed Capacities
D006754 Hospital Restructuring Reorganization of the hospital corporate structure. Hospital Diversification,Hospital Reorganization,Diversification, Hospital,Reorganization, Hospital,Restructuring, Hospital,Hospital Reorganizations,Hospital Restructurings,Reorganizations, Hospital,Restructurings, Hospital

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