title: Resource use & patient outcomes in Medicare home care.
abstract: To what extent are patient outcomes associated with the amount of home care resources used by patients over episodes of Medicare home care? How can we use the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) to improve planning and practical knowledge about the relationship between resource use and patient outcomes? This article addresses the questions and provides readers with some insightful answers.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut Center on Aging, Farmington, Connecticut, USA. Fortinsky@nso1.uchc.edu
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Fortinsky
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Madigan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tullai-McGuinness
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D017050:Episode of Care; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009820:Ohio; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States