Hospitalization Rates and In-Hospital Mortality Among Centenarians

Demographic Characteristics and Healthcare Use of Centenarians: A Population‐Based Cohort Study

“…More people are now likely to reach the age of 100, making the study of those who reach the extremes of longevity more relevant. To the knowledge of the authors, this is one of the few studies to examine all centenarians in a large geographic population . The current study provides detailed information about the current sociodemographic profile of centenarians and captures all of their publicly funded health services use.…”

“…Observational studies generally study smaller numbers of individuals and focus primarily on factors associated with exceptional longevity and health status . Less focus has been given to understanding patterns of health service use in a large population of centenarians …”

Identifying distinct risk profiles to predict adverse events among community-dwelling older adults

“…3 In addition to increasing unnecessary costs for payers and leaving older adults at risk for poor outcomes, avoidable hospitalizations also accelerate cognitive decline, 11 delirium, 12 and increase risk for medical errors 13,14 and death. 3,15 …”

Frontloading and Intensity of Skilled Home Health Visits: A State of the Science

“…Hospitalization exposes already vulnerable older adults to the risk of medical errors (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 1999, 2003), and is associated with reduced functional status (Cornette et al, 2006; Graf, 2006), reduced quality of life (Naylor, Stephens, Bowles & Bixby, 2005), and a shorter time to death (Lum, Studenski, Degenholtz, & Hardy, 2012; Mandawat, Mandawat, Mandawat, & Tinetti, 2012). Often in partnership with acute care organizations and primary care physicians, Medicare-certified home health providers have been seeking ways to reduce 30-day readmissions among Medicare-reimbursed home health patients.…”