Nursing Home Utilization in Adults

A Prospective Population-Based Study

Bibliographic Data

ID12798552
AuthorsDeborah L Wingard (University of California San Diego, corresponding author), Denise Williams-Jones (University of California San Diego), Janice B McPhillips (University of California San Diego), Janice McPhillips (University of California San Diego), Robert M Kaplan (0000-0003-0229-0200), Elizabeth Barret-Connor (University of California San Diego)
Year1990
Volume2
Issue2
Pages179-193
Publication date1990-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Aging and Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1552-6887 • E-ISSN: 0898-2643
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/089826439000200203
PMID10104484
OpenAlexW2066360340
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

Rates of nursing home utilization between 1972 and 1986 were determined for 1,302 men and women living in an upper-middle-class community in Southern California. Leading diagnostic reasons for admission were dementia, cancer, and stroke, and the leading nondiagnostic reason for admission was an inability to carry out activities of daily living. In this cohort, rates of nursing home utilization increased with age. Women at all ages used nursing homes at a higher rate than men, although their probability of survival once admitted was greater. Admission rates were higher over time or prior to death than when observed cross-sectionally. Rates were highest in the year prior to death but declined at time of death

Cohort · Dementia · Disease · Mortality rate · Nursing homes · Demography · Frailty in Older Adults · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology

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