Home Health Care News August 31, 2021
Medicare patients with diabetes are more likely to be sent back to the hospital if they do not receive home health services within two days of discharge from an acute setting, new research has found.
The findings have important implications for post-acute care planning, especially considering that roughly one in five Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older is affected by diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
But while timely home health care is an important tool for lowering re-hospitalization rates, clear barriers to service exist for certain demographic groups, the research additionally found.
“Timely home health care can improve outcomes in older adults following diabetes-related hospitalizations, but we found persistent racial/ethnic disparities exist in who...
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