Hospitalization risk factors of older cohorts of home health care patients: A systematic review.

Hospitalization risk factors of older cohorts of home health care patients: A systematic review. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2019 May 17;:1-42 Authors: Bick I, Dowding D Abstract Nearly one million Medicare home health care beneficiaries are hospitalized annually of which one-quarter are considered preventable. Older hospitalized patients are at risk for nosocomial complications and poorer outcomes and incur higher health care costs. This paper reports the results of a systematic review of 28 studies on hospitalization risk factors of older home health care patients. It found that males, Blacks, and non-Asian minorities are at greater hospitalization risk. Factors associated with higher risk included skin ulcers, psychiatric conditions, dyspnea/COPD, cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, functional deficits, more comorbidities, and higher medication usage. These findings can inform practice, research, and policy. PMID: 31100045 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Home Health Care Services Quarterly - Category: Nursing Tags: Home Health Care Serv Q Source Type: research