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Home health care

Exposure

2 papers study it3 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 2 more
  • Humans2

Outcomes

3

Mortality

no changein humans1

1 study

  1. Home health care has no effect on mortality in humans.

    “Living at home or in a nursing home did not affect the 1-year mortality.”

    Humans1-yearn = 815

    One-Year Medical Utilization and Mortality in Home Health and Nursing Home Care Recipients from Northern Taiwan

    Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationMay 31, 2023

Hospital admission

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Home health care increases hospital admission in humans (IRR 1.49, 95% CI 1.14-1.93).

    “hospital admissions (IRR 1.49, 95% CI 1.14-1.93), as well as longer total hospital length of stay (LOS) (IRR 1.61, 95% CI 1.52-1.71)”

    Humans1-yearn = 815

    One-Year Medical Utilization and Mortality in Home Health and Nursing Home Care Recipients from Northern Taiwan

    Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationMay 31, 2023

Emergency department utilization

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Home health care increases emergency department utilization in humans (IRR 2.04, 95% CI 1.16-3.59).

    “HHC recipients had higher 1-year utilization of emergency department services [incidence rate ratio (IRR) 2.04, 95% CI 1.16-3.59]”

    Humans1-yearn = 815

    One-Year Medical Utilization and Mortality in Home Health and Nursing Home Care Recipients from Northern Taiwan

    Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationMay 31, 2023

Funding

1 grant since 2019

Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityUS$1.5m

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