This study evaluates the effects of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
on the use of hospital and nursing home services over two years. PACE integrates the …

Length of stay (LOS) in hospital is a widely used outcome measure in Health Services
research, often acting as a surrogate for resource consumption or as a measure of efficiency …

Skilled nursing facilities, or nursing homes (NHs), are responsible for caring the frail and
elderly population, who may suffer from multiple chronic diseases, multi-functional (eg …

The purpose of this study was to identify factors contributing to healthy aging, represented by
positive perceived health status, among community-dwelling older people with chronic …

Background: Over the past three decades, social relationships have been shown to have
important effects upon health. However, many different definitions and aspects of social …

The need to accurately forecast the future demands of long-term care in the United States is
becoming increasingly important. The baby boomer generation will begin turning age 65 in …

Nationally representative estimates of the prospective risk of entry into a nursing home and
the likelihood of residing in a nursing home are obtained using data from the Longitudinal …

The nursing home industry is the largest long-term-care market sector, spending almost $56
billion in 1991 (HCFA 1991). This chapter will outline some of the financial possibilities for …

Nursing homes are critical facilities for caring frail older adults with round-the-clock formal
care and personal assistance. To ensure quality care for nursing home residents, adequate …

In both health systems engineering and reliability engineering, individual units, such as
patients and product units, often exhibit highly heterogeneous performance due to the …