Mortality and transitions-of-care after COVID-19 hospitalization among US Medicare patients: a retrospective claims analysis
Alon Yehoshua, Rachel M. Black, Anan Zhou, Michelle A. Silver, Yu Han, Santiago MC Lopez, Manuela Di Fusco, Benjamin Yarnoff, Rajeev M. Nepal, Maria M. Fernandez, Mohammad Ashraf Chaudhary, Tara Ahi · 2026
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Alon Yehoshua and colleagues tracked 67358 Americans aged 65 and older after a COVID-19 hospital stay in late 2023 to early 2024. The burden of COVID-19 does not end at discharge for older adults, so the team used Medicare records to follow care needs and deaths for six months.
Over half of patients who had lived at home with self-care needed more help after discharge, fewer than half returned home fully independent, and about 17 percent died within six months. The paper gives planners a stark post-hospital picture for staffing home care, rehab, and follow-up after COVID-19.
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| CREATOR | Alon Yehoshua, Rachel M. Black, Anan Zhou, Michelle A. Silver, Yu Han, Santiago MC Lopez, Manuela Di Fusco, Benjamin Yarnoff, Rajeev M. Nepal, Maria M. Fernandez, Mohammad Ashraf Chaudhary, Tara Ahi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |