A beta-lactam antibiotic and first-generation cephalosporin with bactericidal activity. Cefazolin binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.
This incentive is reflected in the drop in average hospital length-of-stay among the elderly from 10.7 days in 1980 to 6.1 days in 1999.1. As hospital length-of-stay fell, the role of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), home health agencies, and other postacute care providers expanded.
Medicare will pay for up to 100 days (20 full-pay days and an additional 80 co-pay days), for nursing home care provided in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) when the admission to the SNF follows a minimum stay of at least 3 days in a hospital including the day of discharge (essentially 3 nights in the hospital) and the admission to the SNF is related to the reason that the person was hospitalized provided the person requires skilled nursing care or physical or occupational therapy that ...