Risk Factors for Hospital Admission in Elderly Public Housing Tenants
| Autor: | William M. Tierney, Sharon L. Hiner, B.L. Martz, Jennefer Barker, Jeffrey C. Darnell, Morris Weinberger, Peg Neill |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Inpatient care business.industry Public housing 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Assessment instrument Physical health Baseline interview 0504 sociology Health care Hospital admission Emergency medicine Medicine Geriatrics and Gerontology business 0503 education Gerontology Depressive symptoms |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Gerontology. 5:174-182 |
| ISSN: | 1552-4523 0733-4648 |
| Popis: | To identify potential risk factors for hospital admission, we interviewed elderly (range: 62-94; mean = 74.6 years) public housing tenants using a broad-based assessment instrument. Persons reporting more depressive symptoms, worse physical health, and decreased ability to perform physical self-maintenance activities were hospitalized nearly twice as frequently in the one year subsequent to the baseline interview. We conclude that traditional health status measures are better predictors of hospital admissions than social factors. By identifying high-risk patients, health care professionals may be able to intervene in the outpatient setting to reduce patients' use of expensive inpatient care. |
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