Multiple Chronic Conditions and Hospitalizations Among Recipients of Long-Term Services and Supports.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Among older adults receiving long-term services and supports (LTSS), debilitating hospitalizations is a pervasive clinical and research problem. Multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) are prevalent in LTSS recipients. However, the combination of MCCs and diseases associated with hospitalizations of LTSS recipients is unclear.

Objective

The purpose of this analysis was to determine the association between classes of MCCs in newly enrolled LTSS recipients and the number of hospitalizations over a 1-year period following enrollment.

Methods

This report is based on secondary analysis of extant data from a longitudinal cohort study of 470 new recipients of LTSS, 60 years and older, receiving services in assisted living facilities, nursing homes, or through home- and

SUBMITTER: Van Cleave JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5147488 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov/Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature