Health Sciences
Olga Jarrín, PhD, RN, FAAN
Hunterdon Professor of Nursing Research
School of Nursing
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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Hyosin Kim, PhD (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor, Senior Research
College of Public Health and Human Sciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Olga Jarrín, PhD, RN, FAAN
Hunterdon Professor of Nursing Research
School of Nursing
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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Anum Zafar, MPhil, MS
Research Scientist
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Suzan Ahmad, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Haiqun Lin, MD, PhD
Professor
School of Nursing
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Hyosin Kim, PhD (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor, Senior Research
College of Public Health and Human Sciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
This symposium brings together four related and complementary projects on the development of new data sources and methods to analyze the new data to study health equity and end-of-life outcomes research. The first abstract presents the development of the Care Setting Trajectory Database, which integrates data from various CMS data sources for Medicare beneficiaries to create a longitudinal care experience for older adults across healthcare settings. The second abstract describes the creation of a new race/ethnicity variable to augment the Medicare administrative data for minority populations using harmonized, self-reported race/ethnicity data. The third abstract describes the development of harmonized datasets to study geriatric syndromes' prevalence, cost, and health outcomes over time. The fourth abstract identifies and predicts place of care trajectories during the last three years of life among Medicare beneficiaries, identifying dual trajectories of inpatient/institutional care and skilled home healthcare/home hospice. Finally, the fifth abstract includes an application of the care setting trajectory database and our new, harmonized, self-reported race/ethnicity variable to evaluate the impact of home health care on later use of hospice and place of death in a large cohort of Medicare decedents. This symposium introduces innovative approaches for harmonizing and merging CMS data sources for Medicare beneficiaries. The methodological advances described in this symposium aim to support health services researchers and policymakers to generate and evaluate research improving care coordination, continuity, and quality of life for older adults with serious illnesses.
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Olga F. Jarrín, PhD, RN, FAAN – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Anum Zafar, MPhil, MS – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Suzan Ahmad, PhD, RN – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Haiqun Lin, MD, PhD – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Hyosin Kim, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University