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[Mortality and nursing home admission of severely disabled patients]
1Facharzt für Innere Medizin, Sozialmedizin, Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung in Bayern, Bereich Niederbayern-Oberpfalz.
Abstract:
242 people had been interviewed 1-4 years (average 2 years) after first receiving benefits because of urgent need of nursing care. Meanwhile 57 persons had died at home. 17 persons had moved into a nursing home, and 8 of them had died there. For another two persons transfer to a nursing home was imminent. -Among those older than 60 years the probability of dying at home is more than three times greater than the risk of changeover to a nursing home. The highest transferrat to a nursing home (more than 18% within the observation period) was seen in women of 80 years of age and older.
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