Identifying the process and agency characteristics associated with poor utilization outcomes in home healthcare
This study identified the process and agency characteristics associated with poor utilization outcomes - higher percentages of patients (i) admitted to an acute care organization and (ii) visited an emergency room (ER) unplanned without hospitalization - for home health agencies (HHAs) in the United States. We conducted a secondary analysis of data about HHAs' various characteristics, process adherence levels, and utilization outcomes collected from disparate public repositories for 2010-2022. We developed descriptive tree-based models using HHAs' hospital admission or ER visit percentages as response variables. Across the...
Source: Home Health Care Services Quarterly - January 17, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: G üneş Koru Yili Zhang Holly Felix Source Type: research