Janine Bernardo, Brandon Smith, Lisa Yanek, Susan Huff, Pamela Donohue
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Abstract
Home health care (HHC) supports NICU graduates by easing the transition home, educating families, and providing medical care. However, little is known about early HHC use in this population. Using the IBM Marketscan Research Database, we analyzed HHC use within 3 months of NICU discharge among commercially insured U.S. infants (2015-2017). Of 22,214 NICU survivors, 1,824 (8.2%) received HHC. Infants receiving HHC were more often preterm (80%) and had chronic conditions (61%). Regional disparities existed, with higher HHC use in the Northeast than in the South and West. Despite the medical complexity of NICU graduates, most did not receive HHC. Future research should explore HHC access among publicly insured infants, regional disparities, and barriers to care.
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Home Healthcare Now is the professional, contemporary journal serving the educational and communication needs of home care and hospice nurses. The journal is highly interactive and timely, focusing on the multidimensional, interdisciplinary and specialty practice areas of home care nursing. Clinical, operational, and educational home care nursing issues are the core of the publication; plentiful columns and features focus on practical, up-to-date approaches to everyday situations, as well as analysis and interpretation of how healthcare trends affect the home care nurse''s practice.
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