COVID-19 Pandemic and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Long-Term Nursing Home Stay or Death Following Hospital Discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Long-term nursing home stay or death (long-term NH stay or death), defined as new long-term residence in a nursing home or death following hospital discharge, is an important patient-centered outcome.

Objective

To examine whether the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with changes in long-term NH stay or death among older adults with sepsis, and whether these changes were greater in individuals from racial and ethnic minoritized groups.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used patient-level data from the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review File, the Master Beneficiary Summary File, and the Minimum Data Set. Community-dwelling individuals aged at least 65 years hospitalized with sepsis between January 2016 and June 2021 were included

SUBMITTER: Glance LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11762228 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature