Discharge disposition for home health care patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia: The role of living arrangements and rural living.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the relationship between living arrangements and discharge disposition, and how this relationship differs by the rural or urban characteristics of the patient's residence among home health care patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD).

Methods

This retrospective study used the 2019 Outcome and Assessment Information Set and the Master Beneficiary Summary File. Our study was based on 531,269 Medicare fee-for-service patients with ADRD. We used linear probability regression models to examine the relationship between discharge disposition (to the community vs. an institution) and living arrangements, including an interaction term for rural-urban residence.

Findings

Patients in rural areas (19.8%) were more likely to live alone than

SUBMITTER: Jung D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635399 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature