Medications Associated With Geriatric Syndromes (MAGS) and Hospitalization Risk in Home Health Care Patients
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2022
Abstract
Objectives
Polypharmacy is common in home health care (HHC). This study examined the prevalence of medications associated with geriatric syndromes (MAGS), its predictors, and association with subsequent hospitalization in HHC.
Design
Analysis of HHC electronic medical records, the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS), and Medicare HHC claims.
Setting and Participants
A total of 6882 adults ≥65 years old receiving HHC in 2019 from a large, not-for-profit home health agency serving multiple counties in New York State.
Measures
MAGS use was identified from active medications reconciled during HHC visits (HHC electronic medical records). MAGS use was operationalized as count and in quartiles. Hospitalization during the HHC episode was operationalized as a time-to-event variable (ie, number of days from HHC admission to hospitalization). We used regression analyses to identify predictors of MAGS use, and survival analyses to examine the association between MAGS and hospitalization.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.03.012
Publication Information
Wang, Jinjiao; Shen, Jenny Y.; Yu, Fang; Conwell, Yeates; Nathan, Kobi T.; Shah, Avantika S.; Simmons, Sandra F.; Li, Yue; Ramsdale, Erika; and Caprio, Thomas V. (2022). "Medications Associated With Geriatric Syndromes (MAGS) and Hospitalization Risk in Home Health Care Patients." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 23.10, 1627-1633.
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