Home Health Care News August 15, 2022
Homebound seniors contribute to higher overall Medicare spending compared to their non-homebound counterparts, according to a recent study from researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The study examined National Health and Aging Trends data and Medicare fee-for-service claims data to give an overview of health care utilization and spending among homebound seniors.
“Understanding the health care needs and costs of homebound older adults is vital to health policy priority setting and shaping the future of long-term care,” the researchers wrote in the study.
Broadly, the study considers seniors that leave their homes once a week or less homebound. Roughly 1.5 million people make up this population.
“The homebound are disproportionately Hispanic and Black non-Hispanic, medically and...
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