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Advancing shared decision making among older adults with serious health conditions : lessons from FAIR Health’s grant-funded initiative
- Author(s):
- FAIR Health Inc, issuing body
- Title(s):
- Advancing shared decision making among older adults with serious health conditions : lessons from FAIR Health’s grant-funded initiative / FAIR Health, Inc.
- Series:
- Brief
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Publisher:
- New York, NY : FAIR Health, Inc., February 22, 2023.
- Description:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (16 pages)) : illustrations.
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Language:
- English
- Electronic Links:
- https://s3.amazonaws.com/media2.fairhealth.org/brief/asset/Advancing%20Shared%20Decision%20Making%20among%20Older%20Adults%20with%20Serious%20Health%20Conditions%20-%20A%20FAIR%20Health%20Brief.pdf
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918610382706676
- Summary:
- Adults aged 65 and older make up a rapidly growing segment of the US population. Despite advances in healthcare and healthcare delivery, adults aged 65 and older face numerous challenges when navigating the healthcare system. Although older adults shoulder a significant portion of healthcare costs, they do not always get the care that they prefer. Furthermore, while most older adults prefer to know the costs of their care, they seldom discuss costs with their healthcare providers. Likewise, family caregivers and care partners, who assume a wide range of responsibilities related to care coordination and direct care, may possess limited resources and training to help them navigate the healthcare system and manage costs on behalf of their care receiver. Shared decision making shows promise for engaging older patients and their caregivers/care partners in healthcare decisions and reducing unnecessary spending and healthcare costs. Shared decision making involves communication between patients (and if applicable, their caregivers/care partners) and providers to decide on tests, treatment and care based on clinical evidence, balancing risks and outcomes with patient and caregiver/care partner preferences and values. In keeping with its mission to advance cost transparency, FAIR Health has led grant-funded initiatives that have resulted in the addition of shared decision-making tools for various health conditions, educational content and resources to its free, national consumer website fairhealthconsumer.org (FAIR Health Consumer). The tools combine clinical information from EBSCO’s OptionGrid decision aids and cost data from FAIR Health’s private healthcare claims database comprising over 40 billion claim records from 2002 to the present. In June 2021, The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) awarded FAIR Health a grant to develop and launch an initiative to advance shared decision making among older adults with serious health conditions and family caregivers and care partners. The project, “A National Initiative to Advance Cost Information in Shared Decision Making for Serious Health Conditions,” built on previous shared decision-making initiatives targeting seriously ill patients, minority communities and healthcare providers.
- MeSH:
- Aged*
Decision Making, Shared*
Multiple Chronic Conditions*
Patient Navigation*
United States
- Publication Type(s):
- Technical Report
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographica references.
25 ref.
- Copyright Status:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license.
- NLM ID:
- 9918610382706676 [Electronic Resource]