Trends in hospital discharge outcomes among high-risk Medicare beneficiaries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Our findings highlight how the pandemic was associated with shifts toward home-based post-acute care, emphasizing the need for policies supporting home-based care infrastructure and flexible care delivery models that could help health systems better adapt during future public health emergencies.
Authors
- David C. Grabowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2915-5770)
- Momotazur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8592-3511)
- Brian E. McGarry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5342-6548)
- Fangli Geng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7399-8612)
- Anthony I. Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2165-1246)
- Christopher M. Santostefano
- Linda J. Resnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0168-6759)
- Zihan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6967-2639)
- Elizabeth M White
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Affairs Scholar
- Published
- 2025-03-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf056
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82