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| Age differences in rating of medical care among older adults living in the community | | Author(s) | Y Lee, J D Kasper |
| Journal title | Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol 11, no 1, February 1999 |
| Pages | pp 12-20 |
| Keywords | Young elderly ; Octogenarians ; Living in the community ; General practice ; Medical care ; Quality ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Patients' ratings of care serve as an indicator of quality of care, as well as a predictor of patient behaviour. In spite of the older population's heterogeneity and its disproportionate consumption of health care resources, relatively little attention has been paid to assessing older people's satisfaction with medical care. Using data from the 1991 US Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, the authors compare ratings of medical care between the young-old (65-79 years) and the old-old (aged 80 and over) living in the community. Multivariate logistic regression analyses are performed to assess the independent effect of age on patients' ratings of care. The old-old are less likely than the young-old to give very favourable opinions of care received. The relationship remains, even after controlling for measures of health status and experience and use of health care. However, variations were observed when more negative ratings were considered. Although older people as a group usually are found to rate their care more positively than younger adults, this study indicates there is heterogeneity in the older population regarding views of medical care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990715205 A |
| Classmark | BBA: BBM: K4: L5: LK: 59: 3F: 7T |
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