Becker's Healthcare August 12, 2022
Home-based care models are a better and more efficient allocation of healthcare dollars as demand for home-based healthcare programs soar, according to a study published Aug. 10 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Researchers at the New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai analyzed National Health and Aging Trends Study data to identify older adults who are homebound and compared that to Medicare fee-for-service claims to measure healthcare utilization and spending.
They found that 40 percent of homebound older adults had a hospitalization annually, compared to 20 percent of non-homebound older adults. Meaning total annual Medicare spending was $11,346 higher among the homebound compared to the non-homebound....
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