Dey A N
Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, USA.
Adv Data. 1996 Sep 26(279):1-12.
This report presents the demographic characteristics, service utilization, and primary admission diagnosis of elderly current home health care patients and discharges.
The data used for this report are from the National Center for Health Statistics' 1994 National Home and Hospice Care Survey's (NHHCS) sample of current patients and discharges age 65 years and over. The 1994 NHHCS is the third annual survey of home health care agencies and hospices and their current patients and discharges.
The overall results of the survey indicate that the elderly in both the current patient and discharge samples were predominantly women, 75-84 years old, white, non-Hispanic, widowed, and lived in a private residence with their family. For both elderly men and women, the most commonly used home health care service was skilled nursing services and the primary admission diagnosis was heart disease.
本报告介绍了当前接受家庭医疗护理的老年患者及其出院患者的人口统计学特征、服务利用情况和主要入院诊断。
本报告所使用的数据来自美国国家卫生统计中心1994年的全国家庭与临终关怀护理调查（NHHCS），该调查样本为65岁及以上的当前患者及其出院患者。1994年全国家庭与临终关怀护理调查是对家庭医疗护理机构和临终关怀机构及其当前患者与出院患者进行的第三次年度调查。
调查的总体结果表明，当前患者样本和出院患者样本中的老年人主要为女性，年龄在75 - 84岁之间，白人，非西班牙裔，丧偶，与家人居住在私人住宅中。对于老年男性和女性而言，最常用的家庭医疗护理服务是专业护理服务，主要入院诊断是心脏病。
