SKILLED NURSING FACILITY

Skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a facility that primarily provides inpatient, skilled nursing care and related services to patients at a lesser intensity than an acute facility . SNF’s are used for patients who need medical, nursing care, or rehabilitation services.
Patients are usually treated on a long term basis and care is less expensive than in a hospital. The most common SNF facility is a nursing home. These facilities are usually run by nurses and would just have a visiting doctor on call.