ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2021
Medicare Beneficiaries With Self-Reported Functional Hearing Difficulty Have Unmet Health Care Needs.
Article in Health affairs (Project Hope), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06176625 (Prospective Initiative to Examine and Address Hearing Loss, Vision Loss, and Delirium in a Hospital Setting), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Prospective Initiative to Examine and Address Hearing Loss, Vision Loss, and Delirium in a Hospital Setting
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Hearing Loss Among Older Adults: Epidemiology, Disparities, and Gaps in Research.Annual review of public health · 2026Review
- Disparities in Mortality Outcomes Among Older Adults With Communication Disabilities Using the National Health and Aging Trends Study.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and Satisfaction With Health Care in the National Health Interview Survey.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- Hospitalizations, Emergency Department Visits, and Home Health Use Among Older Adults With Sensory Loss.Journal of aging and health · 2024Article
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- Association of perception of patient-centered care with hearing loss by race.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- The Association Between Self-Reported Hearing Loss and Loss of Usual Source of Health Care Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries: Evidence From the National Health and Aging Trends Study.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- Longitudinal Associations of Self-Reported Visual, Hearing, and Dual Sensory Difficulties With Symptoms of Depression Among Older Adults in the United States.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Alternative Pathways for Hearing Care May Address Disparities in Access.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Hearing loss is associated with higher health care spending and use, but little is known about the unmet health care needs of people with hearing loss or difficulty. Analysis of 2016 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data for beneficiaries ages sixty-five and older reveals that those who reported a lot of trouble hearing in the past year were 49 percent more likely than those who reported no trouble hearing to indicate not having a usual source of care. Compared with those who reported no trouble hearing, those who reported some trouble hearing were more likely to indicate not having obtained medical care in the past year when they thought it was needed, as well as not filling a prescription, with the risk for both behaviors being greater among those reporting a lot of trouble hearing versus a little. Interventions that improve access to hearing services and aid communication may help older Medicare beneficiaries meet their health care needs.
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