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

Background: While Singapore attains good health outcomes, Singapore's healthcare system is confronted with bed shortages and prolonged stays for elderly people recovering from surgery in acute hospitals. An Acute Hospital-Community Hospital (AH-CH) care bundle has been developed to assist patients in postoperative rehabilitation. The core concept is to transfer patients out of AHs when clinically recommended and into CHs, where they can receive more beneficial dedicated care to aid in their recovery, while freeing up bed capacities in AHs.