Older adults with AMI who received home health care were less likely to experience significant declines in physical health status compared to those who did not.
Does Home Health Care (HHC) prevent clinically significant declines in physical health status in older adults (age ≥75) discharged home after acute myocardial infarction?
Home health care may help preserve physical health status in older adults discharged home after an acute myocardial infarction.
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More than one-quarter of patients with AMI age ≥75 discharged home received HHC. Patients who received HHC, who were older and sicker on average, were less likely to experience clinically significant declines in physical health status but had similar rates of mental health status decline and DNAH as those who did not receive HHC. This work suggests that providers consider the health outcome goals of older AMI patients and prescribe HHC to those who prioritize preservation of physical health status.
Hajduk et al. (Sat,) reported a other. Older adults with AMI who received home health care were less likely to experience significant declines in physical health status compared to those who did not.
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