Shuang Li1, Addie Middleton2, Kenneth J Ottenbacher2, James S Goodwin3. 1. Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. 2. Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. 3. Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. Electronic address: jsgoodwi@utmb.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe the trajectories in the first year after individuals are admitted to long-term care nursing homes. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: US long-term care facilities. PARTICIPANTS: Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries newly admitted to long-term care nursing homes from July 1, 2012, to December 31, 2013 (N=535,202). MEASUREMENTS: Demographic characteristics were from Medicare data. Individual trajectories were conducted using the Minimum Data Set for determining long-term care stays and community discharge, and Medicare Provider and Analysis Reviews claims data for determining hospitalizations, skilled nursing facility stays, inpatient rehabilitation, long-term acute hospital and psychiatric hospital stays. RESULTS: The median length of stay in a long-term care nursing home over the 1 year following admission was 127 [interquartile range (IQR): 24, 356] days. The median length of stay in any institution was 158 (IQR: 38, 365). Residents experienced a mean of 2.1 ± 2.8 (standard deviation) transitions over the first year. The community discharge rate was 36.5% over the 1-year follow-up, with 20.8% discharged within 30 days and 31.2% discharged within 100 days. The mortality rate over the first year of nursing home residence was 35.0%, with 16.3% deaths within 100 days. At 12 months post long-term care admission, 36.9% of the cohort were in long-term care, 23.4% were in community, 4.7% were in acute care hospitals or other institutions, and 35.0% had died. CONCLUSION: After a high initial community discharge rate, the majority of patients newly admitted to long-term care experienced multiple transitions while remaining institutionalized until death or the end of 1-year follow-up.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the trajectories in the first year after individuals are admitted to long-term care nursing homes. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: US long-term care facilities. PARTICIPANTS: Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries newly admitted to long-term care nursing homes from July 1, 2012, to December 31, 2013 (N=535,202). MEASUREMENTS: Demographic characteristics were from Medicare data. Individual trajectories were conducted using the Minimum Data Set for determining long-term care stays and community discharge, and Medicare Provider and Analysis Reviews claims data for determining hospitalizations, skilled nursing facility stays, inpatient rehabilitation, long-term acute hospital and psychiatric hospital stays. RESULTS: The median length of stay in a long-term care nursing home over the 1 year following admission was 127 [interquartile range (IQR): 24, 356] days. The median length of stay in any institution was 158 (IQR: 38, 365). Residents experienced a mean of 2.1 ± 2.8 (standard deviation) transitions over the first year. The community discharge rate was 36.5% over the 1-year follow-up, with 20.8% discharged within 30 days and 31.2% discharged within 100 days. The mortality rate over the first year of nursing home residence was 35.0%, with 16.3% deaths within 100 days. At 12 months post long-term care admission, 36.9% of the cohort were in long-term care, 23.4% were in community, 4.7% were in acute care hospitals or other institutions, and 35.0% had died. CONCLUSION: After a high initial community discharge rate, the majority of patients newly admitted to long-term care experienced multiple transitions while remaining institutionalized until death or the end of 1-year follow-up.
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