Factors related to the length of in-hospital stay of geriatric patients

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 150-154

  Di Iorio, A ^a   Longo, A ^b   Mitidieri Costanza, A ^c   Palmerio, T ^a   Benvenuti, E ^d   Giardini, S ^d   Bavazzano, A ^c   Guizzardi, G ^e   Senin, U ^b   Bandinelli, S ^d   Ferrucci, L ^d   Abate, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Geriatric Unit   (Italy)

^d INRCA   (Italy)

^e SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Length of stay; Multidimensional evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032855463     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03399656     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Maguire P.A., Taylor I.C., Stout R.W.: Elderly patients in acute medical wards: factors predicting length of stay in hospital. BMJ 292: 1251-1253, 1986.
2. Narain P., Rubenstein L.Z., Wieland G.D., Rosbrook B., Strome L.S., Pietruszka P., Morley J.F.: Predictors of immediate and 6-month outcome in hospitalized elderly patients. The importance of functional status. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 36: 775-783, 1988.
3. Monane M., Kanter D.S., Glynn R.J., Avorn J.: Variability in length of hospitalization for stroke - The role of managed care in an elderly population. Arch. Neurol. 53: 875-880, 1996.
4. Dunstan E.J., Amar K., Watt A., Seymour D.G.: First steps in building ACME-an admission case-mix system for the elderly. Age Ageing 25: 102-108, 1996.
5. Mc Claran J., Berglas R.T., Franco E.D.: Long hospital stays and need for alternate level of care at discharge. Does family make a difference for elderly patients? Can. Fam. Physician 42: 449-461, 1996.
6. Winograd C.H., Gerety M.B., Chung M., Goldstein M.K., Dominguez F. Jr., Vallone R.: Screening for frailty: criteria and predictors of outcomes. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 39: 778-784, 1991.
7. Reiley P., Howard E.: Predicting hospital length of stay in elderly patients with congestive heart failure. Nurs. Econ. 13: 210-216, 1995.
8. Hodkinson H.M., Hodkinson I.: Death and discharge from a geriatric department. Age Ageing 9: 220-228, 1980.
9. Hodkinson H.M., Hodkinson I.: The influence of route of admission on outcome in the geriatric patient. Age Ageing 9: 229-234, 1980.
10. Fillit H., Howe J.L., Fulop G., Sachs C., Sell L., Siegel P., Miller M., Butler R.N.: Studies of hospital social stays in the frail elderly and their relationship to the intensity of social work intervention. Soc. Work Health Care 18:1-22, 1992.
11. Epstein A.M.: US teaching hospitals in the evolving Health Care System. JAMA 273: 1203-1210, 1995.
12. Fisher E.S., Whaley F.S., Krushal W.M.: The accuracy of Medicare's hospital claims data: progress has been made, but problems remain. Am J. Public Health 82: 243-248, 1992.
13. Turner J.F., Main A., Carpenter G.L.: Casemix resource use and geriatric medicine in England and Wales. Age Ageing 24: 1-4, 1995.
14. Ricercatori del Gruppo Italiano di Farmacoepidemiologia nell'Anziano (GIFA): Caratteristiche dell'ospedalizzazione del pazienti anziani prima e dopo l'avvio del pagamento a prestazione (sistema DRG-ROD). Ann. Ital. Med. Int. 11: 220-227, 1996.
15. Linn B.S., Linn M.W., Gurel L.: Cumulative Illness Rating Scale. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 16: 622-626, 1969.
16. Parmelee P.A., Thuras P.D., Katz I.R., Powell Lawton M.: Validation of the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale in a geriatric residential population. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 43: 130-137, 1995.
17. Katz S., Downs T.D., Cash H.R.: Progress in the development of the index of ADL. Gerontologist 1: 20-30, 1970.
18. Lawton M.P., Brody E.M.: Assessment of older people: self-monitoring and instrumental activities of daily living. Gerontologist 9: 179-186, 1969.
19. Guralnik J.M., Simonsick E.M., Ferrucci L., Glyn R.J., Berkman L.F., Blazer D.G., Sherr P.A., Wallace R.B.: A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and nursing home admission. J. Gerontol. 49: M85-M94, 1994.
20. Folstein M.F., Folstein S.E., Mc Hugh P.R.: "Mini-Mental State": a practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J. Psychiatr. Res. 12: 189-198, 1975.
21. Yesavage J.A., Brink T.L., Rose T.L., Lum O., Huang O., Adey V.: Development and validation of a geriatric screening scale: a preliminary report. J. Psychiatr. Res. 17: 37-41, 1983.
22. Statistical Package for the Social Science, Rel. 6.0, Chicago, Illinois, 1991.
23. Fitzgerald J.F., Moore P.S., Ditius M.D.: The care of the elderly patients with hip fracture. Changes since implementation of prospective payment system. N. Engl. J. Med. 319: 1392-1398, 1988.
24. Kuroda K., Tatara K., Zhao L., Takatorige T., Shinsho F.: Factors influencing prolonged hospital stays by elderly patients: problems in medical management including use of urethral catheters. Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi 47: 843-850, 1992.
25. Fellin G., Apolone G., Tampieri A., Bevilacqua L., Meregalli G., Minella C., Liberati A.: Appropriateness of hospital use: an overview of Italian studies. Int. J. Qual. Health Care 7: 219-225, 1995.
26. Tran B., Zureik M., Davido A., Levy A., Trouillet J.L., Lang T., Lombrail P.: Orientation a la sortie de l'hospital et durée de sejour hospitalier des personnes agées admises par les urgences. Rev. Epidemiol. Santé Publique 43: 337-347, 1995.
27. Bertozzi B., Barbisoni P., Franzoni S., Rozzini R., Frisoni G.B., Trabucchi M.: Factors related to length of stay in a geriatric evaluation and rehabilitation unit. Aging Clin. Exp. Res. 8: 170-175, 1996.