Risk factors for hospitalization among medicare home care patients
Risk factors for hospitalization among medicare home care patients
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DOI：
10.1177/0193945906286810
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Fenster, Juliane R.
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作者：
Fortinsky, Richard H.;Madigan, Elizabeth A.;Fenster, Juliane R.
This study determined factors associated with an increased risk of ending Medicare home health care because of hospitalization and examined specific types of and reasons for hospitalization. Sample members (N = 922) were followed from admission to discharge as they received home care from Ohio Medicare-certified home care agencies between December 1999 and March 2002. Potential patient-level risk factors were predisposing, enabling, or need variables, and an agency-level variable denoting hospital affiliation or freestanding status was examined as a second-level risk factor. Among those hospitalized (18.3%), more than 80.0% experienced emergency hospitalizations, mostly for acute exacerbations of chronic diseases. Statistically significant risk factors for hospitalization included dyspnea severity, functional disability level, skin or wound problems, diabetes, case mix score, and guarded rehabilitation prognosis. Home care agencies might reduce hospitalizations by using clinical prognosis as a key resource for team communication and by helping patients and families anticipate potential acute exacerbations of chronic diseases and manage these events at home.
