Precision increased when jointly modeling the SNF admission with change in functional limitations.

The relation between caregivers and SNF admissions depended on caregiver's characteristics.

Methods: In this prospective, multiple case study, a case was defined as an individual SNF.

Eleven facility residents have since returned back to the SNF after recovering from their hospitalization.

Palliative care services should be incorporated into SNF-level care.

A significantly higher percentage of IRF patients were discharged home after rehabilitation compared with SNF patients.

We sought to examine patterns of Medicare posthospitalization SNF use in the last 6 months of life.

To investigate the role of SWI-SNF-related complexes in this lineage, we ablated Brg1 function in T lymphocytes.

We further explored the impact of caregivers by investigating the relationship between caregiver's characteristics and SNF admissions.

In postacute settings, ML can inform patient choices by matching beneficiaries to SNFs likely to reduce future risk.

In contrast, living with a partner or living with others was associated with lower hazard of SNF admissions.

Change was greatest in SNF use, an 8.3% decrease over the period.

Participants are recruited at the time of admission to one of eight community-based skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).

QIO staff and SNF leaders noted the ongoing challenge of engaging already busy SNF staff and leadership in QI activities.

The SNF quality gaps could impact a large group of people, considering the large - and growing - Medicare population.

Jointly modeling SNF admissions and change in functional limitations resulted in greater precision of effect estimates than modeling these outcomes separately.