Long-Term Fate of Patients Discharged to Extended Care Facilities After Cardiovascular Surgery James R. Edgerton, MD, Morley A. Herbert, PhD, Cecile Mahoney, BS, Drew Armstrong, MS, Todd M. Dewey, MD, Elizabeth Holper, MD, Karen Roper, PhD, Michael J. Mack, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 3, Pages 871-877 (September 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.041 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Final distribution of patients from each discharge location. (LTAC = long-term acute care; Rehab = rehabilitation; SNF = skilled nursing facility.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 871-877DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.041) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients discharged to home and different facilities. (LTAC = long-term acute care; REHAB = rehabilitation; SNF = skilled nursing facility.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 871-877DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.041) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions