Hospital Readmission among Older Adults Who Return Home with Unmet Need for ADL Disability

Purpose: This study determined whether returning to the community from a recent hospitalization with unmet activities of daily living (ADL) need was associated with probability of readmission. Methods: A total of 584 respondents to the 1994, 1999, and/or 2004 National Long-Term Care Surveys (NLTCS)...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Gerontologist 2013-06, Vol.53 (3), p.454-461
Hauptverfasser:	DePalma, Glen, Xu, Huiping, Covinsky, Kenneth E, Craig, Bruce A, Stallard, Eric, Thomas, Joseph, III, Sands, Laura P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activities of Daily Living Admissions Aged Aged, 80 and over At Risk Persons Biological and medical sciences Brief Report Disabilities Disability Evaluation Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data Elderly Female Gerontology Health Services Needs and Demand Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Individual Needs Male Medical sciences Medicare Miscellaneous National Surveys Needs Assessment Older Adults Older people Patient admissions Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data Patients Physically Handicapped Probability Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Risk Social Support United States Veterans Vulnerability
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