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| Use of community services by seniors before and after an emergency visit | | Author(s) | Jane McCusker, Orly Ardman, François Bellavance |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 20, no 2, Summer 2001 |
| Pages | pp 193-210 |
| Keywords | Community care ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Accident & emergency depts ; Admission [hospitals] ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Data on 1,352 older Canadians living in the community visiting hospital emergency departments (EDs) were used to investigate: prevalence (prior to the ED visit) and incidence (during a 3-month follow-up) of use of publicly-funded community services; and factors related to service use. Prior to ED visit, 59.8% had some disability in activities of daily living (ADLs); 16.8% of disabled patients received community services. Among those not previously receiving these services, 45.4% developed one or more new ADL disabilities, only 23.5% of whom began to receive community services. Patients admitted to hospital were significantly more likely to receive services during the follow-up period than those released from the ED. There may be significant unmet need for community services in this population. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010911209 A |
| Classmark | PA: I: QLD: LD6: LD:QKH: 7S |
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