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Multicenter Study
. 2020 Jul 1;180(7):1022-1025.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1636.

Estimation of the Incident Homebound Population in the US Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries, 2012 to 2018

Katherine A Ornstein  1 , Melissa M Garrido  2   3 , Evan Bollens-Lund  1 , Mohammed Husain  1 , Katelyn Ferreira  1 , Amy S Kelley  1   4 , Albert L Siu  1   4
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Multicenter Study

Estimation of the Incident Homebound Population in the US Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries, 2012 to 2018

Katherine A Ornstein et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cohort study examines the incidence of becoming homebound, being placed in a nursing home, and death in the US from 2012 to 2018 among Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.`

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Figure.
Figure.. Annual and Cumulative Incidence of Homebound Status (HB), Nursing Home Placement (NH), and Death Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries
A, Annual incidence of HB, NH, and death with 95% CIs, 2012 to 2018. B, Population estimates of HB, NH, and death among 35 million initially non-HB community-dwelling older adults followed up from 2012 to 2018.
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