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Advanced practice clinician care and end-of-life outcomes for community- and nursing home-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries with dementia

Author(s): 

Hyesung Oh, Elizabeth M White, Ulrike Muench, Christopher Santostefano, Bishnu Thapa, Cyrus Kosar, Emily A Gadbois, Zainab Toteh Osakwe, Pedro Gozalo, Momotazur Rahman

Date: 
April 18, 2023
Source: 
The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) often face burdensome end-of-life care transfers. Advanced practice clinicians (APCs)-which include nurse practitioners and physician assistants-increasingly provide primary care to this population. To fill current gaps in the literature, we measured the association between APC involvement in end-of-life care versus hospice utilization and hospitalization for older adults with ADRD.

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