Acute hospital-community hospital care bundle for elderly orthopedic surgery patients: A propensity score-matched economic analysis

Figure 1 Fast transfer pathway from acute hospital to community hospitals for elective elderly orthopedic patients. Once patients have completed surgery at the acute hospital (AH) site, they are screened for fast-track transfer to community hospital (CH) sites by nursing professionals from the orthopedic surgery department. Patients who agree to be treated in CH facilities are entitled to financial counseling and an estimate of the total cost of their AH-CH stay. Afterward, surgeons initiate CH referral letters, and patients are transported and admitted to CH sites. AH: Acute hospital; CH: Community hospital.