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Do nursing homes reduce hospital use?

E Shapiro, R B Tate, N P Roos

    Medical Care
    |January 1, 1987
    PubMed
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    Elderly individuals entering nursing homes and long-term residents are sicker than community-dwelling seniors. However, despite their health status, nursing home residents are hospitalized less often than those living independently.

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    Area of Science:

    • Gerontology
    • Health Services Research
    • Epidemiology

    Background:

    • Healthcare utilization among the elderly is a significant concern.
    • Understanding hospitalization patterns for nursing home residents is crucial for resource allocation.
    • Aging populations necessitate research into the health trajectories of seniors in different care settings.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze hospital utilization patterns of elderly individuals before and after nursing home admission.
    • To compare hospital use between new nursing home admissions, long-term residents, and community-dwelling elderly.
    • To identify factors influencing hospitalization rates in institutionalized versus community-based seniors.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized data from the Manitoba Longitudinal Study on Aging.

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  • Examined hospital admission and utilization data for two years pre- and post-nursing home entry.
  • Compared hospitalization rates across three groups: new admissions, long-term residents, and community-dwelling elderly, controlling for age, sex, and mortality.

    • Main Results:

    • New nursing home admissions and long-term residents exhibit higher illness burdens compared to community-dwelling seniors.
    • Despite being sicker, both new admissions and long-term nursing home residents are hospitalized significantly less frequently than their community counterparts.
    • Age, sex, and mortality rates were statistically controlled for in the analysis.

    Conclusions:

    • Nursing home residents, despite greater morbidity, demonstrate lower hospitalization rates than community-dwelling elderly.
    • The findings suggest a potential underutilization of hospital services among the institutionalized elderly population.
    • Further research is needed to explore the reasons behind these differential hospitalization patterns.