Evaluation of an ambulatory geriatric rehabilitation program - results of a matched cohort study based on claims data.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Ambulatory geriatric rehabilitation (AGR) is a multidisciplinary outpatient prevention program designed to decrease hospitalisation and dependence on nursing care in multimorbid patients ≥70 years of age. We evaluated the effectiveness of AGR compared to usual care on progression of nursing care levels, nursing home admissions, hospital admissions, incident fractures, mortality rate and total cost of care during a one-year follow-up period. METHODS:Analyses were based on claims data from the health insurance company AOK Nordost. Propensity Score matching was used to match 4 controls to each person receiving the AGR intervention. RESULTS:A total of 632 AGR participants and 2528 matched controls were included. The standardized mean difference of matching variables between cases an

SUBMITTER: Kiel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990495 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature