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Utilization and Functional Outcomes Among Medicare Home Health Recipients Varied Across Living Situations.

Jinjiao WangMeiling YingHelena Temkin-GreenerJingjing ShangThomas V CaprioYue Li
Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)
In the national population of Medicare HH recipients, patients living with others at home had the highest risk of hospitalization and ED visits, whereas AL residents had the lowest risk of hospitalization and patients living alone at home had the lowest risk of ED visits, meaning that combined support from HH and AL reduces acute care admissions. Evidence-based interventions are needed for HH patients living with others at home to avoid unnecessary acute care use.
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