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We hypothesize that baseline pain, depressive symptoms, and unpaid caregiving needs are associated with increased healthcare utilization in the year after trauma admission in seriously ill older adults.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Using the Health and Retirement Study (2008\u20132018) linked to Medicare claims, we identified adults aged \u226566 years admitted for trauma. We assessed pre-admission pain (none\/mild vs moderate\/severe), depressive symptoms (no\u2014Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) &lt;3 vs yes\u2014CES-D \u22653) and unpaid caregiving needs (none vs any); and hospital characteristics: trauma center designation and palliative care service. The \u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>tests were used for categorical variables, and t-tests were used for continuous variables. Associations of pain, depressive symptoms, unpaid caregiving needs with healthcare utilization were tested with negative binomial and Poisson regression models.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among 1693 older adults with serious illness, a third (35.7%) were older than 85 years, two-thirds were female (67.5%), and almost all were White (88.7%). Before trauma, 36.4% reported moderate\/severe pain, 40.2% reported depressive symptoms (CES-D &gt;3), and 34.9% reported any amount of hours\/week of unpaid caregiving needs. Adjusted analyses demonstrated that compared with those without depressive symptoms, seriously ill older adults with depressive symptoms were less likely to be alive (incidence rate ratio (IRR) 0.61, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.91), had more emergency room visits (IRR 1.62, 95% CI 1.15 to 2.27), and more hospital visits (IRR 1.48, 95% CI 1.08 to 2.03) in the year after admission. Adjusted analyses of association of pain and caregiving with healthcare utilization were not significant.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Seriously ill older trauma patients with depressive symptoms have increased healthcare utilization in the year after discharge. 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