Residential aged care in Auckland, New Zealand 1988-2008: Do real trends over time match predictions?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-494

  Broad, Joanna B ^a   Boyd, Michal ^a   Kerse, Ngaire ^a   Whitehead, Noeline ^b   Chelimo, Carol ^a   Lay yee, Roy ^a   Von randow, Martin ^a   Foster, Susan ^a   Connolly, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health services for the aged; Health services research; Long term care; Population trends; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING HOMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959559286     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr056     Document Type: Article

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