Acute, Post-acute, and Primary Care Utilization in a Home-Based Primary Care Program During COVID-19 | Zendy

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Acute, Post-acute, and Primary Care Utilization in a Home-Based Primary Care Program During COVID-19

Author(s) -

Karen A. Abrashkin,

Jenny Zhang,

Asantewaa Poku

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnaa158

Subject(s) - medicine , telehealth , pandemic , acute care , covid-19 , emergency medicine , emergency department , rehabilitation , family medicine , telemedicine , physical therapy , disease , health care , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth

Older adults with multiple comorbidities experience high rates of hospitalization and poor outcomes from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Changes in care utilization by persons in advanced illness management (AIM) programs during the COVID-19 pandemic are not well known. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in care utilization by homebound AIM patients in an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic before and during the pandemic.

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