Medical foster home is less costly than traditional nursing home care.


Journal

Health services research
ISSN: 1475-6773
Titre abrégé: Health Serv Res
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0053006

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 2019
Historique:
pubmed: 23 7 2019
medline: 28 1 2020
entrez: 23 7 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

To compare the costs of Community Nursing Homes (CNHs) to Medical Foster Homes (MFHs) at Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Medical Centers that established MFH programs. Episode and costs data were derived from VA and Medicare files (inpatient, outpatient, emergency room, skilled nursing facility, dialysis, and hospice). Propensity scores matched 354 MFH to 1693 CNH Veterans on demographics, clinical characteristics, health care utilization, and costs. Data were retrieved for years 2010-2011 from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse, VA Health Data Repository, and the VA MFH Program through the VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure (VINCI). After matching on unique characteristics of MFH Veterans, costs were $71.28 less per day alive compared to CNH care. Home-based and mental health care costs increased with savings largely attributable to avoiding CNH residential care. When average out-of-pocket payments by Veterans of $74/day are considered, MFH is at least cost neutral. Mortality was 12 percent higher among matched Veterans in CNHs. MFHs may serve as alternatives to traditional CNH care that do not increase total costs with mortality benefits. Future work should examine the differences for functional disability subgroups.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31328798
doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13195
pmc: PMC6863232
doi:

Types de publication

Comparative Study Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1346-1356

Subventions

Organisme : Health Services Research and Development
ID : 12-029
Pays : International

Informations de copyright

© Health Research and Educational Trust.

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Auteurs

Cari Levy (C)

Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation at the Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
Division of Health Care Policy and Research, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.

Emily A Whitfield (EA)

Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation at the Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.

Roee Gutman (R)

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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