Cost impact of the transitional care model for hospitalized cognitively impaired older adults : use of advanced practice nurses can lower postacute care use and costs Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics) Pauly, Mark V., author. Hirschman, Karen B., author. Hanlon, Alexandra L., author. Huang, Liming, author. Bowles, Kathryn H., author. Bradway, Christine, author. McCauley, Kathleen, author. Naylor, Mary D., author. Advanced Practice Nursing -- economics Cognition Disorders -- therapy Subacute Care -- economics Subacute Care -- methods Transitional Care -- economics Using advanced practice nurses to support high risk patients and their families to transition from hospital to home can reduce postacute care use and costs. A study comparing three evidence-based care management interventions for a population of hospitalized older adults with cognitive impairment found that the Transitional Care Model, which relies on advanced practice nurses to deliver services from hospital to home, was associated with lower postacute care costs when compared to two "hospital only" interventions. Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2018 Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body. Technical Report Text 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages)) nlm:nlmuid-101738967-pdf 101738967 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101738967 English United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0