By 2040, the incidence of solid cancers among patients older than 70 years will increase
from 1.2 million to 2.2 million in North America alone. 1 Older adults with cancer are at …

OBJECTIVES: South Korea introduced public long-term care insurance (LTCI) in 2008. This
study examined the patterns of and factors associated with public long-term care (LTC) …

Because of the cost of nursing home care and desire of older adults to stay in their homes, it
is important for health care providers to understand the factors that place older adults at risk …

Objectives As the US population ages and healthcare reimbursement shifts, identifying new
patient-centred, cost-effective models to address acute medical needs will become …

Background/Objectives Approximately half of individuals newly admitted to long‐term care
(LTC) nursing homes (NH s) experienced a prior hospitalization followed by discharge to a …

Background Increasing numbers of older patients with advanced cancer live alone but there
is little research on how well health services meet their needs. The aim of this study was to …

Background The sex differences in use, safety outcomes, and health-care resource use of
patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) undergoing percutaneous pulmonary artery …

Objectives An estimated 1.7 billion children around the world do not have access to safe,
affordable and timely surgical care, with the financing through out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses …

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to identify factors related to the discharge
destination of 126 patients who underwent acute rehabilitation.[Subjects and Methods] We …

Background: Understanding prognostic factors for adverse health outcomes is clinically
relevant for improving treatment decision-making processes, potentially leading to …