Health domains and race in generic preference-based health-related quality of life instruments in the United States literature
In: Revista brasileira de estudos de população, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 425-437
ISSN: 1980-5519
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In: Revista brasileira de estudos de população, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 425-437
ISSN: 1980-5519
In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 216
ISSN: 0276-8739
In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 216
ISSN: 1520-6688
In: Health services insights, Band 16, S. 117863292311665
ISSN: 1178-6329
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic changed care delivery. But the mechanisms of changes were less understood. Objectives: Examine the extent to which the volume and pattern of hospital discharge and patient composition contributed to the changes in post-acute care (PAC) utilization and outcomes during the pandemic. Research design: Retrospective cohort study. Medicare claims data on hospital discharges in a large healthcare system from March 2018 to December 2020. Subjects: Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, 65 years or older, hospitalized for non-COVID diagnoses. Measures: Hospital discharges to Home Health Agencies (HHA), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF), and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRF) versus home. Thirty- and ninety-day mortality and readmission rates. Outcomes were compared before and during the pandemic with and without adjustment for patient characteristics and/or interactions with the pandemic onset. Results: During the pandemic, hospital discharges declined by 27%. Patients were more likely to be discharged to HHA (+4.6%, 95% CI [3.2%, 6.0%]) and less likely to be discharged to either SNF (−3.9%, CI [−5.2%, −2.7%]) or to home (−2.8% CI [−4.4%, −1.3%]). Thirty- and ninety-day mortality rates were significantly higher by 2% to 3% points post-pandemic. Readmission were not significantly different. Up to 15% of the changes in discharge patterns and 5% in mortality rates were attributable to patient characteristics. Conclusions: Shift in discharge locations were the main driver of changes in PAC utilization during the pandemic. Changes in patient characteristics explained only a small portion of changes in discharge patterns and were mainly channeled through general impacts rather than differentiated responses to the pandemic.