Variation in Home Healthcare Use by Dementia Status Among a National Cohort of Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medicare-funded home healthcare (HHC) delivers skilled nursing, therapy, and related services through visits to the patient's home. Nearly one-third (31%) of HHC patients have diagnosed dementia, but little is currently known regarding how HHC utilization and care delivery differ for persons living with dementia (PLwD).

Methods

We drew on linked 2012-2018 Health and Retirement Study and Medicare claims for a national cohort of 1 940 community-living older adults. We described differences in HHC admission, length of stay, and referral source by patient dementia status and used weighted, multivariable logistic and negative binomial models to estimate the relationship between dementia and HHC visit type and intensity while adjusting for sociodemographic characteristi

SUBMITTER: Burgdorf JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10878244 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature