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| Reduced hospitalization rates of two sets of community-residing older adults after use of a personal response system | | Author(s) | Robert E Roush, Thomas A Teasdale |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 16, no 3, September 1997 |
| Pages | pp 355-366 |
| Keywords | Alarm systems ; Telephone services [domiciliary] ; Living in the community ; Admission [hospitals] ; Canada ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Personal response systems (PRS) operating over public telephone networks are now fairly common in Western Europe and North America. This study replicated, in a US setting, an earlier study conducted in Canada to determine whether use of a 24-hour PRS affected selected hospital utilisation rates among community-residing users. Utilisation rates of 106 Canadian patients were reviewed for 1 year before and 1 year after enrolment in the PRS, and these were compared with a similar set of 101 US patients using the same PRS programme. Self-paired analyses were conducted on number of emergency department (ED) visits and number of in-patient days. During the 1-year follow-up periods, both sets of subscribers using the Lifeline system experienced a statistically significant decrease in person per in-patient days. No significant differences occurred in ED visits. When indicated, a PRS may be an appropriate environmental prescription. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981015233 A |
| Classmark | OV: OUA: K4: LD:QKH: 7S: 7T |
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