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| Hospital and nursing home use in the last three months of life | | Author(s) | Dwight B Brock, Daniel J Foley, Marcel E Salive |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 8, no 3, August 1996 |
| Pages | pp 307-319 |
| Keywords | Dying ; Hospital services ; Nursing homes ; Admission ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This retrospective study examined use of inpatient care and changes in residence due to hospitalisation or institutionalisation in the last 90 days of life. Data was collected from the National Institute of Aging's Survey of the Last Days of Life (SLDOL) with informants' responses for a sample of 1227 decedents aged 65 years and older from Connecticut, United States (US). Results showed that 75% of decedents made only one transition to or from a health care facility in the last 3 months of life and another 10% made two or three transitions. The number of hospital days decreased slightly with age, whereas the number of nursing home days increased dramatically. Physical disability, lack of social contacts, incontinence, and dementia were significantly associated with a long, terminal, institutional stay. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980116401 A |
| Classmark | CX: LD: LHB: QKH: 7T |
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