www.ohca.com Oregon Health Care Association 19 Source: Oregon State University Nursing Facilities and Post-Acute Care Nursing facilities typically provide care for individuals in need of rehabilitation following a serious health complication or hospital stay. While some individuals reside in nursing facilities for a very long period of time due to ongoing care needs, often their stays are short in comparison to those receiving care and services in other long term care settings. Therefore, length of stay in Oregon nursing facilities is highly compressed. In 2021, the median length of stay was 20 days.27 2020 saw the first increase in the median length of stay in several years, which is likely reflective of the COVID-19 pandemic’s continued impacts on our long term care system. While some individuals have intensive care needs that necessitate longer stays, the compressed length of stay reflects a shift toward nursing facilities acting as providers of short-term post-acute rehabilitative care. This helps keep costs down for the state, as nursing facility care is much more costly than community-based options. Median Length of Stay: Oregon Nursing Facilities 25 18 19 21 22 23 24 20 17 16 15 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 NUMBER OF DAYS
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