Inequities in post-hospital rehab can ⬆️ disparities in functional outcomes of #olderadults

Grateful to mentors @lferrantemd.bsky.social @hmkyale.bsky.social

And the reviewers and editors @annalsats.bsky.social for improving our work!

#ICUrehab @ats-aii.bsky.social @atscommunity.bsky.social

We found that older adults of Black race and dual-eligible for Medicare and Medicaid were ⬇️ likely to get rehabilitation services at home compared to those of non-Hispanic White race and no Medicaid insurance, respectively

Using @NHATS_NSOC linked to @MedicareGov Claims, we investigated the association between

🔸 Medicaid status
🔸 Race and Ethnicity
🔸 Education &
🔸Limited English Proficiency

and rehabilitation delivered within 100 days of ICU Hospitalization across home and SNF settings

4/4 Implementation Efforts to 📈 the Delivery of Rehabilitation to Critically Ill Patients are Urgently Needed!

Grateful to mentors @hmkyale.bsky.social Lauren ferrante @allanwalkey.bsky.social Jason Falvey for their guidance & the reviewers and editors at #JournalCHEST for improving our work.

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🔹 Safety-net hospitals had 20% Lower Odds of providing rehabilitation compared to Non-safety-net hospitals

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Among >800,000 ICU Hospitalizations across >1,800 Hospitals, we found

🔹 >40% patients NEVER got a rehabilitation consultation

🔹 Hospitals varied ~ 2-fold in the likelihood of delivering rehabilitation to patients with identical characteristics
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