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The immediate and subsequent outcomes of nursing home care

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  • Lewis, M.A.
  • Kane, R.L.
  • Cretin, S.
  • Clark, V.

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To determine the relationship between admission status and subsequent outcomes, 563 patients discharged during 1980 from 24 nursing homes were followed through 1982. Only 28% of patients were discharged to their homes. Reconstructed life histories of 529 discharges for the two-year follow-up revealed only 38 persons (7.2%) were alive and at home; of these, 36 had been initially discharged to their homes. Four hundred and one persons (75.8%) were dead. Mental orientation, urinary continence, functional status, hip fracture, and diagnoses associated with dementia were found to be significant predictors of outcome status after discharge and at follow-up. Social support had only a modest effect on the former outcomes.

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  • Lewis, M.A. & Kane, R.L. & Cretin, S. & Clark, V., 1985. "The immediate and subsequent outcomes of nursing home care," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 75(7), pages 758-762.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1985:75:7:758-762_4
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    1. Virender Kumar & Edward Norton & William Encinosa, 2006. "OBRA 1987 and the quality of nursing home care," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 6(1), pages 49-81, March.
    2. Susan Feng Lu & Konstantinos Serfes & Gerard Wedig & Bingxiao Wu, 2021. "Does Competition Improve Service Quality? The Case of Nursing Homes Where Public and Private Payers Coexist," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(10), pages 6493-6512, October.

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