Medical and Social Factors Associated With Referral for Elder Abuse Services in a National Health Care System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elder abuse (EA) is common and has devastating health consequences yet is not systematically assessed or documented in most health systems, limiting efforts to target health care-based interventions. Our objective was to examine sociodemographic and medical characteristics associated with documented referrals for EA assessment or services in a national U.S. health care system.

Methods

We conducted a national case-control study in U.S. Veterans Health Administration facilities of primary care (PC)-engaged Veterans age ≥60 years who were evaluated by social work (SW) for EA-related concerns between 2010 and 2018. Cases were matched 1:5 to controls with a PC visit within 60 days of the matched case SW encounter. We examined the association of patient sociodemographic

SUBMITTER: Makaroun LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9373957 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature