Ann Fam Med. 2025 Nov 24;23(6):539-541. doi: 10.1370/afm.250090.
ABSTRACT
Home Health Focus is a new publicly available data set representing home health utilization by Medicare beneficiaries, aggregated annually at the home health agency, county, and state levels from 2016 to 2019. This data can be used by anyone interested in trends of Medicare home health users, both locally and nationally. We describe the creation of the cohorts of home health users, including over 6 million home health stays from 5 million Medicare beneficiaries. We also provide examples of potential research questions using these data sets.
PMID:41285612 | DOI:10.1370/afm.250090
