Long-term care resources would be allocated more cost-effectively if care planning and
medical/functional eligibility decisions were grounded more firmly in extant evidence …

To examine the association between geriatric syndromes with hospitalization or nursing
home admission, we reviewed studies that examined hospitalization and nursing home …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess the independent effect
of hip fracture on mortalìty, hospitalization, and functional status. METHODS: Among 7527 …

Longitudinal data from 851 elderly residents of a retirement community () were used to
examine the correlates of self-assessments of health (SAH) and the predictors of changes in …

Background The rapidly expanding proportion of the US population 65 years and older is
anticipated to have a profound effect on health care expenditures. Whether the changing …

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Self-rated health (SRH) is a useful summary measure of people's general health and was
found to predict future health outcomes. Self-rated oral health (SROH) is a similarly useful …

Background Disability in older adults is associated with loss of independence,
institutionalization, and death. The aim of this study was to study the association between …

Disability has long been identified as a predictor of self-assessed health, but some studies
suggest the opposite causal direction. The aim of this study is to examine the dynamic …

Background: Gender differences in health and the use of health services are a long-standing
concern for the US medical system. Our purpose was to examine if there are patterns of …