Half Of Dual-Eligibles Receive Care In Low-Rated Nursing Homes
About 50.7% of people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid who need nursing home services receive care at facilities with low quality ratings. Duals are 9.7 percentage points more likely than non-duals to be admitted to low-quality facilities.
These findings were reported in "Medicaid and Nursing Home Choice: Why Do Duals End Up in Low-Quality Facilities?" by Hari Sharma, Marcelo Coca Perraillon, Rachel M. Werner, et al. The researchers analyzed data from the Nursing Home Minimum Data Set (MDS) 2.0; Nursing Home Compare (NHC); Medicare Beneficiary Summary files; Online Survey, Certification and Reporting (OSCAR . . .