ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2022
The hospital care experiences of older patients compared to younger patients.
Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Critical differences among stakeholders in definitions of success following inguinal hernia repair in older adults.Surgery · 2026Article
- Anemia-Related Red Flags as Distinctive Early Indicators for Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis in Older Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Examining the Intersections Between Medical Mistrust, Discrimination, and Shared Decision-Making Among Racially Diverse Women in the US: Insights From the 2024 Health Information National Trends Survey.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Satisfaction with Health Facility Personnel Among Older People with Disabilities in Chile: An Observational Study Based on the 2024 DISCA Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Observational
- Factors Influencing Patient Satisfaction with Healthcare Services in Poland.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Review
- Older Adults' Experiences of Emergency Department Admission Decisions: A Qualitative Study in a Public Safety Net Hospital.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Sex Disparities in Patient Satisfaction in Cardiac Surgery Patients.Journal of patient experience · 2025Article
- Article
- Geriatric Care Management System Powered by the IoT and Computer Vision Techniques.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The hospital care experiences of older patients compared to younger patients.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Commented on by
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundHospitals may provide less positive patient experiences for older than younger patients.
methodsWe used 2019 HCAHPS data from 4358 hospitals to compare patient-mix adjusted HCAHPS Survey scores for 19 experience of care items for patients ages 75+ versus 55-74 years and tested for interactions of age group with patient and hospital characteristics. We contrasted the age patterns observed for inpatient experiences with those among respondents to the 2019 Medicare CAHPS (MCAHPS) Survey of overall experience.
resultsPatients 75+ years (31% of all HCAHPS respondents) reported less-positive experiences than those 55-74 (46% of respondents) for 18 of 19 substantive HCAHPS items (mean difference -3.3% points). Age differences in HCAHPS top-box scores were large (>5 points) for 1 of 3 Nurse Communication items, 1 of 3 Doctor Communication, 2 of 2 Communication about Medication items, 1 of 2 Discharge Information items, and 2 of 3 Care Transition items. In contrast, for MCAHPS, those 75+ reported similar experiences to younger adults. The magnitude of age differences varied considerably across hospitals; some hospitals had very large age disparities for older patients (age 75+ vs. ages 55-74), while others had none. These age differences were generally smaller for patients in government and non-profit than in for-profit hospitals, and in the Pacific region than in other parts of the United States. This variation in age disparities across hospitals may help to identify best practices.
conclusionsPatients ages 75+ reported less-positive experiences than patients ages 55-74, especially for measures of communication. These differences may be specific to inpatient care. Further study should investigate the effectiveness of hospital staffs' communication with older patients. Hospital protocols designed for younger patients may need to be adjusted to meet the needs of older patients. There may also be opportunities to learn from outpatient interactions with older patients.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.