The quality of home-based primary care delivered by nurse practitioners: A national Medicare claims analysis.
Medicare
home‐based primary care
nurse practitioners
quality
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
ISSN: 1532-5415
Titre abrégé: J Am Geriatr Soc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7503062
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
18 Sep 2024
18 Sep 2024
Historique:
revised:
01
08
2024
received:
11
04
2024
accepted:
10
08
2024
medline:
18
9
2024
pubmed:
18
9
2024
entrez:
18
9
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
As the US population ages, there is an increasing demand for home-based primary care (HBPC) by those with Alzheimer's/dementia, multiple chronic conditions, severe physical limitations, or those facing end-of life. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are increasingly providing HBPC, yet little is known about their quality of care in this unique setting. This observational study uses Medicare claims data from 2018 to assess the quality of care for high-intensity HBPC users (5 or more visits/year) based on provider type (NP-only, physician (MD)-only, or both NP and MDs). We employ 12 quality measures from 3 care domains: access and prevention, acute care utilization, and end-of-life. Analysis includes bivariate comparisons and logistic regression models that adjust for demographic, clinical, and geographic characteristics. Among the 574,567 beneficiaries with 5 or more HBPC visits, 37% saw an NP, 37% saw a MD, and 27% saw both NPs and MDs. In multivariate models, those receiving HBPC from an NP or both NP-MD are significantly more likely to receive a flu shot than the MD-only group, but less likely to access preventive care. NP-only care is associated with more acute care hospitalizations, avoidable ED visits, and fall-related injuries, but significantly fewer avoidable admissions. For end-of-life care, those with NP-only or both NP-MD care are significantly more likely to have an advanced directive, be in hospice in the last 3 days of life, and more likely to die in hospice. The NP group is also more likely to die in the next year. HBPC patients are complex, with both palliative and curative needs. NPs provide almost half of HBPC in the Medicare program, to patients who are possibly sicker than those treated by physicians, with similar quality to MDs.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
As the US population ages, there is an increasing demand for home-based primary care (HBPC) by those with Alzheimer's/dementia, multiple chronic conditions, severe physical limitations, or those facing end-of life. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are increasingly providing HBPC, yet little is known about their quality of care in this unique setting.
METHODS
METHODS
This observational study uses Medicare claims data from 2018 to assess the quality of care for high-intensity HBPC users (5 or more visits/year) based on provider type (NP-only, physician (MD)-only, or both NP and MDs). We employ 12 quality measures from 3 care domains: access and prevention, acute care utilization, and end-of-life. Analysis includes bivariate comparisons and logistic regression models that adjust for demographic, clinical, and geographic characteristics.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Among the 574,567 beneficiaries with 5 or more HBPC visits, 37% saw an NP, 37% saw a MD, and 27% saw both NPs and MDs. In multivariate models, those receiving HBPC from an NP or both NP-MD are significantly more likely to receive a flu shot than the MD-only group, but less likely to access preventive care. NP-only care is associated with more acute care hospitalizations, avoidable ED visits, and fall-related injuries, but significantly fewer avoidable admissions. For end-of-life care, those with NP-only or both NP-MD care are significantly more likely to have an advanced directive, be in hospice in the last 3 days of life, and more likely to die in hospice. The NP group is also more likely to die in the next year.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
HBPC patients are complex, with both palliative and curative needs. NPs provide almost half of HBPC in the Medicare program, to patients who are possibly sicker than those treated by physicians, with similar quality to MDs.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Author(s). Journal of the American Geriatrics Society published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The American Geriatrics Society.
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