Investigators from University of Rochester Release New Data on Insurance (Assisted Living or Nursing Home: Who Is Moving In?): Insurance

2023 AUG 23 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- New research on Insurance is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Rochester, New York, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Despite the rapid growth of assisted living (AL) communities and the increasing similarity between AL and nursing home (NH) populations, little is known about the characteristics of older adults at the time of AL admission and how these characteristics compare to individuals newly admitted to NH from the community. This study examined the individual, facility, and geographic factors associated with new AL admission.Methods This retrospective descriptive study used data from the national Medicare enrollment and claims datasets, the Minimum Data Set, and the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review.”

Financial support for this research came from NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA).

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Rochester, “The study cohort included 158,124 Medicare beneficiaries newly admitted to ALs and 715,261 newly admitted to NHs during 10/2017-10/2019. Multinomial logistic regression analysis and logistic regression analysis were conducted to examine factors associated with new admissions.Results Demographic, socioeconomic, and health service use characteristics were associated with new admission to long-term care.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Specifically, Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, those age 75 years and older, male, having one skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay or any hospital stay in the past 6 months are more likely to be newly admitted to AL, whereas those who are dually eligible, racial/ethnic minorities, and having two or more SNF stays in the past 6 months are more likely to be admitted to an NH.Conclusion There are substantial differences between individuals who are newly admitted from the community to AL versus those to NH.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Assisted Living or Nursing Home: Who Is Moving In? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2023. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1532-5415)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Jinjiao Wang, University of Rochester, Elaine Hubbard Ctr Nursing Res Aging, School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, United States. Additional authors for this research include Yunjiao Mao, Brian McGarry, Shubing Cai and Helena Temkin-Greener.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18503. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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