DuNah R, Harrington C, Bedney B, Carrillo H
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.
Health Care Financ Rev. 1995 Fall;17(1):183-99.
The demand for nursing facility (NF) beds has been growing with the aging of the population and many other factors. As the need for nursing home care grows, the Nation's capacity to provide such care is the subject of increasing concern. This article examines licensed NFs and beds, presenting data on trends from 1978-93. Measures of the adequacy of NF beds in States are examined over time, including the ratio of beds per aged population, occupancy rates, and State official's opinions of the adequacy of supply. State and regional variations are shown over time, and we speculate on the factors which may be associated with the variation.
随着人口老龄化和许多其他因素的影响，对护理机构床位的需求一直在增长。随着对养老院护理需求的增加，国家提供此类护理的能力日益受到关注。本文研究了有执照的护理机构和床位，呈现了1978年至1993年的趋势数据。随着时间的推移，对各州护理机构床位充足程度的衡量指标进行了考察，包括每老年人口的床位数、入住率以及州政府官员对供应充足程度的看法。展示了不同时期的州和地区差异，并对可能与这些差异相关的因素进行了推测。
