Research at Weill Cornell Medicine
Title: Characteristics of Nursing Home (NH) care specialized practices
Objective: This study aims to investigate the characteristics of NH care specialized practice.
Supervisor: Professor Hye-Young (Arian) Jung / Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College
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What is SNF & SNFist?
A SNFist is a physician or other healthcare provider who specializes in caring for patients in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
Methodology:
Identification of NH care specialized practice:
Use Medicare Data on Provider Practice and Specialty dataset (MD-PPAS). A practice will be considered as a NH specialized practice if more than 90% of its National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) are consistent with “SNFist”
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Practice Characteristics:
We analyzed the characteristics of identified NH specialized practices. This includes:
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Average number of National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) associated with the practice
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Primary specialty of the practice (e.g., primary, cardiology, geriatrics)
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Average age of clinicians
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Percentage of female clinicians
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Average number of patients served (beneficiaries)
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Average number of service lines
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Location (urban or rural)
Practice name:
Identify legal name of the TIN from MD-PASS
Practice type:
Identify the type of practice … NH staff agency, NH owned, hospital affiliated
