{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Cao Y"],"funding":["NIA NIH HHS"],"pagination":["294-301"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8916995"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["60(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The correlations between skilled nursing facility (SNF) admissions, number of hospitalizations, and informal caregiving hours received after adjusting for physical and cognitive function and sociodemographic covariates are not well understood.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective of this study was to better understand risk factors for SNF admissions and the interrelation with hospitalizations and amount of informal caregiving received, this study applied a novel joint modeling analysis to simultaneously explore the correlation and shared information between the 3 outcomes.<h4>Research design</h4>This was an observational follow-up study.<h4>Subjects</h4>Data from 4836 older Americans included in the 2011-2015 rounds of the National Health and Aging Trends Study were linked with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.<h4>Measures</h4>We jointly modeled SNF admission, hospital admissions, and informal caregiving hours received while accounting for possible risk factors. We addressed missing values by multiple imputation with chained equations.<h4>Results</h4>SNF admission evidenced a strong positive correlation with hospital admission, and SNF admission evidenced a weak positive correlation with the informal caregiving hours received after adjustment for important risk factors. Non-Hispanic White race/ethnicity, living alone, not being Medicaid eligible, Alzheimer disease and related dementias diagnosis, activities of daily living disabilities, and frailty were associated with increased risk of SNF admissions and any/number of hospital admission. Lower educational level was also associated with the latter. Medicaid eligibility was the only factor not associated with any nor numbers of informal caregiving hours received.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Sociodemographic and health factors were important for predicting SNF admissions. After adjustment for important risk factors, SNF evidenced a strong positive correlation with the number of hospitalizations and a weak positive correlation with the hours of informal caregiving received."],"journal":["Medical care"],"pubmed_title":["Risk Factors of Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions and the Interrelation With Hospitalization and Amount of Informal Caregiving Received."],"pmcid":["PMC8916995"],"funding_grant_id":["U01 AG032947","R24 AG045050","P30 AG021342","R33 AG057806","R01 AG047891","P30 AG066508"],"pubmed_authors":["Vander Wyk B","Allore H","Cao Y","Gutman R","Jorgensen TSH"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Risk Factors of Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions and the Interrelation With Hospitalization and Amount of Informal Caregiving Received.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The correlations between skilled nursing facility (SNF) admissions, number of hospitalizations, and informal caregiving hours received after adjusting for physical and cognitive function and sociodemographic covariates are not well understood.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective of this study was to better understand risk factors for SNF admissions and the interrelation with hospitalizations and amount of informal caregiving received, this study applied a novel joint modeling analysis to simultaneously explore the correlation and shared information between the 3 outcomes.<h4>Research design</h4>This was an observational follow-up study.<h4>Subjects</h4>Data from 4836 older Americans included in the 2011-2015 rounds of the National Health and Aging Trends Study were linked with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.<h4>Measures</h4>We jointly modeled SNF admission, hospital admissions, and informal caregiving hours received while accounting for possible risk factors. We addressed missing values by multiple imputation with chained equations.<h4>Results</h4>SNF admission evidenced a strong positive correlation with hospital admission, and SNF admission evidenced a weak positive correlation with the informal caregiving hours received after adjustment for important risk factors. Non-Hispanic White race/ethnicity, living alone, not being Medicaid eligible, Alzheimer disease and related dementias diagnosis, activities of daily living disabilities, and frailty were associated with increased risk of SNF admissions and any/number of hospital admission. Lower educational level was also associated with the latter. Medicaid eligibility was the only factor not associated with any nor numbers of informal caregiving hours received.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Sociodemographic and health factors were important for predicting SNF admissions. After adjustment for important risk factors, SNF evidenced a strong positive correlation with the number of hospitalizations and a weak positive correlation with the hours of informal caregiving received.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Apr","modification":"2025-04-19T13:28:54.785Z","creation":"2025-04-19T13:28:54.785Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8916995","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35149662"],"doi":["10.1097/MLR.0000000000001697","10.1097/mlr.0000000000001697"]}}