The Amount, Distribution, and Timing of Lifetime Nursing Home Use

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 204-218

  Murtaugh, Christopher M ^a   Kemper, Peter ^b   Spillman, Brenda C ^c   Carlson, Barbara Lepidus ^d  

^a VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Nursing home use; Risk of institutionalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031093028     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199703000-00003     Document Type: Article

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