The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Dear John,
In the September issue of Health Affairs, read new articles examining how we care for elders.
Care For Elders
As part of our Age-Friendly Health series, supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation, the September 2021 issue
of Health Affairs includes three articles exploring how we provide care for elders.
HwaJung Choi and colleagues determined that Black elders with dementia were significantly less likely than elders of other races to have a spouse available to provide care, while Hispanic elders with dementia were more likely to have an adult child living with them at home who could provide care.
David Auerbach and
coauthors examined primary care and geriatrics practices' staffing models and found
that “practices with [nurse practitioner/physician assistant] or team staffing, compared with higher proportions of MD staffing, may be more likely to perform assessments of social needs and provide a range of services in the office and community that enhance the care of frail older adults.”
Kali Thomas and coauthors found that states that adopted more specific regulations regarding direct care worker staffing levels in assisted living facilities experienced decreased rates of hospital admissions for their residents, while tightening staffing regulations regarding licensed practical nurses had the opposite effect.
For all of Health Affairs’ Age-Friendly Health articles, blog posts, and podcasts, visit our website. Today, we published a set of blog posts related to health equity.
In the first, David Kim and coauthors explain that value-based insurance design is one potential strategy to enhance access to necessary care for at-risk individuals.
Donna M. Christensen, Jim Manley, and Jason Resendezargue thatmedical algorithms are rife with racial bias and health equity must be built into the development and deployment of these algorithms.
Rachel Harrington and coauthors discuss how quality measurement can help narrow racial and ethnic disparities by shedding light
on where current disparities exist. And, revisit Michele Cohen Marill’s August blog post about the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' revision
of a race-based standard that could lead to undertreatment of anemia in Black pregnant women.
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