RISK OF ENTERING NURSING-HOMES FOR LONG VERSUS SHORT STAYS

Authors
LIU KB MCBRIDE T COUGHLIN T
Citation
Kb. Liu et al., RISK OF ENTERING NURSING-HOMES FOR LONG VERSUS SHORT STAYS, Medical care, 32(4), 1994, pp. 315-327
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Heath Policy & Services","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Medical care → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257079
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
315 - 327
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7079(1994)32:4<315:ROENFL>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Research on the risk of nursing home use has generally not distinguish ed between risk for long versus short stays. This paper presents an an alysis of data from the 1982-84 National Long-Term Care Surveys to ide ntify characteristics of disabled persons that predicted one or the ot her type of stay. Measures that are recognized to be strong predictors of nursing home use in general, such as dependencies in activities of daily living and cognitive impairment, were not significantly associa ted with admission for short stays. Results from the multi-variate ana lysis were also used to make projections of lifetime risk of long and short stays. Approximately one-third of lifetime nursing home risk app lies to stays of 90 days or less.