Functional outcome in home health: Do racial and ethnic minority patients with dementia fare worse?

OBJECTIVES:Evaluate the independent and interactive effects of dementia and racial/ethnic minority status on functional outcomes during a home health (HH) admission among Medicare beneficiaries. METHODS:Secondary analysis of data from the Outcome and Assessment Information Set [OASIS] and billing re...

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Main Authors: Jinjiao Wang, Fang Yu, Xueya Cai, Thomas V Caprio, Yue Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233650