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Home time\u2014a claims-based measure of days alive and outside of institutional care\u2014provides a patient-centered way to assess downstream outcomes of ED care in this population.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To examine variations in home time following an ED visit by patient, facility, and visit characteristics among veterans with dementia.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This national retrospective cohort study used US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system data sources. Participants were veterans aged 65 to 110 years with dementia with an eligible Veterans Health Administration ED visit in fiscal years 2017 (October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017) and\/or 2018 (October 1, 2017, through September 30, 2018). Data were analyzed from May 1, 2024, to May 15, 2025.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposures<\/jats:title>\n Patient, ED facility, and ED visit factors.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n Home time, operationalized for modeling as days not at home in the 180 days after the index ED visit. Associations between patient, ED facility, and ED visit characteristics and home time were assessed using a negative binomial model.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n The study included 51\u202f707 veterans with dementia (mean [SD] age, 79.9 [8.59] years; 97.6% male; 52.2% married). The mean (SD) number of days not at home within 180 days was 21.7 (34.5). Of the total cohort, 4.5% never returned home in the 180 days after their ED visit, while 18.2% had all subsequent days at home. ED admission (vs discharge) disposition was the factor associated with the largest increase in days not at home (rate ratio [RR], 3.18; 95% CI, 3.08-3.29). Patient factors associated with more days not at home included very high frailty (RR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.21-1.33), unhoused status (RR, 1.50; 95% CI, 1.39-1.63), unmarried status (never married: RR, 1.24 [95% CI, 1.16-1.32]; divorced, separated, or widowed: RR, 1.24 [95% CI, 1.20-1.28]), and depression (RR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.09-1.17).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n The findings of this cohort study suggest that home time offers a patient-centered measure of post-ED outcomes for individuals with dementia. 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