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Ronald, Lisa A.; McGregor, Margaret J.; McGrail, Kimberlyn M.; Tate, Robert B.; Broemling, Anne-Marie – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2008
The overall use of acute care services by nursing home (NH) residents in Canada has not been well documented. Our objectives were to identify the major causes of hospitalization among NH facility residents and to compare rates to those of community-dwelling seniors. A retrospective cohort was defined using population-level health administrative…
Descriptors: Heart Disorders, Health Services, Nursing Homes, Health Facilities
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Motiwala, Sanober S.; Croxford, Ruth; Guerriere, Denise N.; Coyte, Peter C. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2006
Place of death was determined for all 58,689 seniors (age greater than or equal to 66 years) in Ontario who died during fiscal year 2001/2002. The relationship of place of death to medical and socio-demographic characteristics was examined using a multinomial logit model. Half (49.2 %) of these individuals died in hospital, 30.5 per cent died in a…
Descriptors: Dementia, Foreign Countries, Resource Allocation, Probability