Rabiner D J
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
J Aging Health. 1996 Aug;8(3):417-43. doi: 10.1177/089826439600800306.
This study was designed to examine the relationship between attitudes toward nursing homes and subsequent nursing home utilization, and assess the impact of prior nursing home utilization on subsequent attitudes among a national sample of older Americans. Multivariate estimation procedures for complex survey designs were performed on the National Long-Term Care Survey data set. Although prior nursing home use did not directly affect subsequent attitudes toward nursing homes, having favorable attitudes about nursing homes increased the odds of using subsequent nursing home services by 1.5 and increased the total nursing home length of stay by 17%. Implications of this research for public policy and long-term care treatment planning are discussed.
本研究旨在探讨对养老院的态度与随后养老院使用情况之间的关系，并评估在全国范围内抽取的老年美国人样本中，先前养老院使用情况对随后态度的影响。对国家长期护理调查数据集执行了复杂调查设计的多变量估计程序。虽然先前使用养老院并没有直接影响随后对养老院的态度，但对养老院持积极态度会使随后使用养老院服务的几率增加1.5倍，并使养老院的总住院时间增加17%。本文讨论了该研究对公共政策和长期护理治疗规划的意义。
