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 ...