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. 1994 Fall;16(1):131-53.

Post-hospital home health care for Medicare patients

R L Kane  1 , M Finch, Q Chen, L Blewett, R Burns, M Moskowitz
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Post-hospital home health care for Medicare patients

R L Kane et al. Health Care Financ Rev. 1994 Fall.

Abstract

Medicare patients in five diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) associated with heavy use of post-hospital care discharged from 52 hospitals in 3 cities were followed up at 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year to determine the factors associated with their being discharged home with or without home health care and the correlates of improvement in their functional status. Models correctly predicted those discharged home from those going to institutions in a range from 54 to 82 percent of cases. The amount of the variance in the change in function for those who went home (with or without home health care) explained by the models tested ranged from 19 percent to 73 percent. Total Medicare costs for the patients who went home were considerably less in the year subsequent to the hospitalization compared with those discharged to institutional care.

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Figure 1. Selection Corrected Mean Functional Dependency Scores for Patients Discharged to Home (Without Home Care), by DRG at Each Time Point
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Figure 2. Selection Corrected Mean Functional Dependency Scores for Patients Discharged to Home Care, by DRG at Each Time Point
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