Kemper P
Division of Long Term Care Studies, AHCPR, Rockville, MD.
Health Serv Res. 1992 Oct;27(4):421-51.
Using data from the Channeling experiment, this article analyzes the factors associated with the amount of formal and informal home care received by the disabled elderly. The amounts of formal and informal home care used increase with disability, as well as with other measures of need for care. The use of formal care increases, and the use of informal care decreases, with income. The availability of immediate family increases reliance on informal care and reduces reliance on formal care. The findings have implications for the design of proposed programs to expand publicly financed home care for the disabled elderly.
利用“引导”实验的数据,本文分析了与残疾老年人接受的正式和非正式家庭护理量相关的因素。正式和非正式家庭护理的使用量随着残疾程度以及其他护理需求指标的增加而增加。随着收入的增加,正式护理的使用增加,而非正式护理的使用减少。直系亲属的可获得性增加了对非正式护理的依赖,减少了对正式护理的依赖。这些发现对拟议的扩大公共资助的残疾老年人家庭护理项目的设计具有启示意义。