Predicting the length of hospital stay of post-acute care patients in Taiwan using the Chinese version of the continuity assessment record and evaluation item set.

Indwelling urinary catheter placement status at admission, age, core transfer subscale score at admission, and difference in the CARE-C continence subscale score were identified as predictors of the LOS. The explanatory power of these predictors might be limited due to the regulations of Taiwan's National Health Insurance.