Successful Community Discharge
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisation
Defining Attributes
Definition
Discharge from Skilled Nursing Facility to the community within 100 days of Skilled Nursing Facility admission and remaining in the community for at least 30 days without dying or admission to an inpatient healthcare facility
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Anderson MC, Evans E, Zonfrillo MR, Thomas KS. Rural/urban differences in discharge from rehabilitation in older adults with traumatic brain injury. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Jun;69(6):1601-1608. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17065. Epub 2021 Mar 6. PMID: 33675540; PMCID: PMC8192484.
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025