Table 2.

Characteristics of Community-Dwelling Older Adults Receiving Medicare Home Health between 2011–2016(n=1,758 unweighted, n=8,477,990 weighted)^*

Characteristics	% (n) or Mean ± SE
Measured prior to home health
Age	79.5 ± 0.23
Male sex	39.7% (663)
Non-white race	21.2% (618)
Medicaid enrolled	16.9% (362)
Medicare Advantage enrolled	30.8% (544)
Education:
High school or less	58.3% (1,108)
Some college	41.7% (637)
Lives alone	34.0% (618)
Has paid caregiver	16.9% (321)
Hours/month of caregiver assistance	105.2 ± 5.47
Received caregiver assistance with:
Household tasks, mobility, or self-care	59.5% (1,133)
Medication management	16.8% (371)
Probable dementia	17.7% (397)
2+ chronic conditions†	17.9% (446)
Fell in past year	44.4% (787)
Hospitalized in past year	30.1% (560)
Measured during home health
Post-acute admission	72.2% (1,182)
Cognitive impairment	42.0% (829)
Functional impairment
None/low	16.6% (265)
Moderate	62.8% (1,114)
High	20.7% (379)
Clinical severity
Low	27.0% (476)
Moderate	43.1% (743)
High	29.9% (539)

^*Data are drawn from National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) and linked Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and Medicare claims data for Medicare beneficiaries receiving family caregiver assistance during a home health episode between 2011–2016. Percentages are weighted to account for NHATS survey design and to produce nationally representative estimates.

^†Chronic conditions include heart attack in previous year, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, lung disease, and stroke in previous year.