Older Patients Increasingly Go Home after Hospital Discharge, Study Finds

What**'**s the**news. * The prevalence of older adults in the United States receiving help at home after hospital discharge, including non-Medicare reimbursed sources of help such as family and friends, increased from 2011 to 2017, says a [November 30, 2021, study in JAMA Network Open*](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2786692).