Home-based primary care can drastically improve the outcomes for the up to 7 million Americans who are too sick or functionally limited to leave their residences, while also offering an average cost reductions of 7.7% or $$15 million per beneficiary per annum. Programs such as Independence at Home, created by the Affordable Care Act and which focuses on frail elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions, offer the opportunity to build trust between caregivers and patients, enabling behavior change and a deeper lifestyle assessment, while also reducing expensive hospitalisations.
Home-based primary care can drastically improve the outcomes for the up to 7 million Americans who are too sick or functionally limited to leave their residences, while also offering an average cost reductions of 7.7% or $3,070 per beneficiary per annum. Programs such as Independence at Home, created by the Affordable Care Act and which focuses on frail elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions, offer the opportunity to build trust between caregivers and patients, enabling behavior change and a deeper lifestyle assessment, while also reducing expensive hospitalisations.