Care-Partner Support and Hospitalization in Assisted Living During Transitional Home Health Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Care-partner support affects outcomes among assisted living (AL) residents. Yet, little is known about care-partner support and its effects on hospitalization during post-acute care transitions. This study examined the variation in care-partner support and its impact on hospitalizations among AL residents receiving Medicare home health (HH) services.

Design

Analysis of national data from the Outcome and Assessment Information Set, Medicare claims, Area Health Resources File, and the Social Deprivation Index File.

Setting

AL facilities and Medicare HH agencies in the United States.

Participants

741,926 Medicare HH admissions of AL residents in 2017.

Measurements

Care-partner support during the HH admission was measured based on the t

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8127345 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature