2024
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT USE AND HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES AMONG OLDER ADULTS AT END-OF-LIFE
Gettel C, Kitchen C, Rothenberg C, Song Y, Venkatesh A, Hastings S. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT USE AND HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES AMONG OLDER ADULTS AT END-OF-LIFE. Innovation In Aging 2024, 8: 43-43. PMCID: PMC11689632, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igae098.0130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd-of-lifeED visitsMedicare beneficiariesED useTerminal phase of lifeEnd-of-life careHealthcare spendingEmergency departmentMedicare Current Beneficiary SurveyEmergency department usePrimary outcomeOut-of-pocket (OOPTotal health care spendingCommunity serviceZero-inflated negative binomial regression modelsHealth care expendituresHealth care spendingTotal healthcare spendingNegative binomial regression modelsCross-sectional analysisAdult decedentsBinomial regression modelsDepartment useInadequate accessPhase of lifeEnd‐of‐life emergency department use and healthcare expenditures among older adults: A nationally representative study
Gettel C, Kitchen C, Rothenberg C, Song Y, Hastings S, Kennedy M, Ouchi K, Haimovich A, Hwang U, Venkatesh A. End‐of‐life emergency department use and healthcare expenditures among older adults: A nationally representative study. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024, 73: 101-111. PMID: 39311623, PMCID: PMC11735276, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd-of-lifeOut-of-pocket spendingED visitsTotal healthcare spendingMedicare beneficiariesHealthcare spendingEmergency departmentOlder adultsMedicare Current Beneficiary Survey dataAnalysis of Medicare beneficiariesPooled cross-sectional analysisEmergency department usePrimary outcomeDecreased likelihoodDiagnosis of dementiaOut-of-pocket costsNationally Representative StudyNationally Representative SampleAdult decedentsHospice statusDepartment useED useED servicesHealth careHealthcare expenditures
2021
Healthcare utilization and expenditures associated with hyperkalemia management: a retrospective study of Medicare Advantage patients
Desai NR, Alvarez PJ, Golestaneh L, Woods SD, Coca SG, Rowan CG. Healthcare utilization and expenditures associated with hyperkalemia management: a retrospective study of Medicare Advantage patients. Journal Of Medical Economics 2021, 24: 1025-1036. PMID: 34357841, DOI: 10.1080/13696998.2021.1965389.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedicare Advantage patientsClinformatics Data MartInpatient costsAdvantage patientsBaseline characteristicsED encountersHealthcare utilizationPropensity score-matched patientsOptum Clinformatics Data MartEmergency department encounterTotal healthcare spendingHyperkalemia managementStudy cohortRetrospective studySerum KFollowing outcomesRelative oddsPatiromerPatientsLarger sample sizeNegative binomial regressionHyperkalemiaLogistic regressionHealthcare spendingBinomial regression
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