From Hospital to Nursing Home: The Long-Term Care Connection.

Kane, Robert L. Matthias, Ruth

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ERIC Number: EJ311227

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Publication Date: 1984

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From Hospital to Nursing Home: The Long-Term Care Connection.

Kane, Robert L. Matthias, Ruth

Gerontologist, v24 n6 p604-09 Dec 1984

Applied a logistic model to predict elderly patients' risk for discharge to nursing homes following hospitalization. Age was the only consistently strong predictor in the individualized models developed for each of four areas. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Differences, High Risk Persons, Hospitals, Models, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Predictive Validity, Regional Characteristics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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