Comparing Aging in Place to Home Health Care: Impact of Nurse Care Coordination On Utilization and Costs.

MEDICAL care for older people; EVALUATION of medical care; MEDICAL care use; AGE distribution; GERIATRIC assessment; CHI-squared test; COMPARATIVE studies; HEALTH status indicators; HOME care services; HOSPITAL emergency services; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING assessment; NURSING specialties; PATIENT education; POISSON distribution; REGRESSION analysis; T-test (Statistics); TIME series analysis; COST analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SOCIAL services case management; INDEPENDENT living; PATIENT readmissions; ELECTRONIC health records; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age; ECONOMICS

The article discusses the results of a study aimed at comparing use and cost outcomes of patients who received long-term care coordination in an Aging in Place program to patients who received care coordination as a routine service in home health care. Topics mentioned include the chance offered by the research to the groups of patients, how the care coordinators in the study practiced nursing, and the study's presentation of the value of long-term coordination in caring for frail older people.