Medicare costs and home time loss among fee-for-service beneficiaries by frailty and dementia status
Stephanie Denise M. Sison, Lily Zhong, Gahee Oh, Sandra M. Shi, Chan Mi Park, Brianne Olivieri-Mui, Ellen P. McCarthy, Dae Hyun Kim · 2026
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Stephanie Denise M. Sison and colleagues analyse a 2026 Medicare study of how frailty and dementia, alone and together, shape costs and time spent at home. Home time loss counts days spent in hospitals or facilities rather than at home, serving as a rough quality-of-life measure. The team used fee-for-service claims for older beneficiaries and grouped people by both conditions.
Both spending and lost home time climbed as frailty grew more severe. Dementia behaved differently depending on physical state: it came with higher costs among robust beneficiaries, yet lower costs among the frail. Those contrasting patterns suggest the two conditions drive distinct kinds of care, and the authors call for better recognition of frailty in planning services.
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| CREATOR | Stephanie Denise M. Sison, Lily Zhong, Gahee Oh, Sandra M. Shi, Chan Mi Park, Brianne Olivieri-Mui, Ellen P. McCarthy, Dae Hyun Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |