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City report: 2024 hospital discharges show most San Francisco residents sent to nearby skilled nursing facilities; data gaps persist
Summary
Claire Altman, senior health program planner with the Department of Public Health, presented the calendar-year 2024 Skilled Nursing and Subacute Care Transfer Data Report, saying the report is “required by local ordinance.”
Claire Altman, senior health program planner with the Department of Public Health, presented the calendar-year 2024 Skilled Nursing and Subacute Care Transfer Data Report, saying the report is “required by local ordinance.”
The report found that hospitals reported more than 7,000 discharges to skilled nursing facilities in 2024, about 5,500 of which were San Francisco residents, and that more than 75 percent of San Francisco resident discharges to skilled nursing facilities were located in San Francisco. Altman also reported that fewer than 30 discharges to out‑of‑county subacute skilled nursing facilities were recorded across reporting hospitals in 2024.
Why it matters: the Board of Supervisors’ May 2022 ordinance asked hospitals to provide discharge and demographic information to better understand whether residents needing skilled or subacute nursing care are being placed in‑county. Commissioners and…
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