Home Health Care and Hospice Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without a Diagnosis of Dementia

• Published in: Journal of palliative medicine Vol. 27; no. 6; p. 776
• Main Authors: Kim, Hyosin Dawn, Duberstein, Paul R, Lin, Haiqun, Wu, Bei, Zafar, Anum, Jarrín, Olga F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 01.06.2024
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cohort Studies; Dementia - diagnosis; Female; Home Care Services - statistics & numerical data; Hospice Care - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Medicare - statistics & numerical data; Original Article; Retrospective Studies; United States; United States; end-of-life; home health care; dementia; Medicare; hospice

Background: Home health care is a core benefit of Medicare and Medicaid insurance programs and includes services to improve health, maintain health, or slow health decline. Objective: To examine the relationship between home health care use during the last three years of life and hospice use in the...