Himes C L, Wagner G G, Wolf D A, Aykan H, Dougherty D D
Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA.
J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2000;15(2):99-118. doi: 10.1023/a:1006797731500.
This paper investigates the transition into a nursing home in old age, using recent panel survey data from Germany and the United States. Among the questions addressed are: what is the incidence of nursing home entry, and how does it vary by age and sex; and to what extent are differentials in nursing home entry attributable to variations in family composition? Although the percentage of older persons living in nursing homes is similar in these two countries, the age-specific rates of movement into them appear to be much lower in Germany than in the USA, possibly due to the effects of public policies. The correlates of nursing home entry appear to be similar across countries as well, although data limitations limit our ability to make definitive comparisons.
本文利用德国和美国近期的面板调查数据，研究了老年人入住养老院的转变情况。所探讨的问题包括：养老院入住率是多少，以及它如何随年龄和性别而变化；养老院入住差异在多大程度上可归因于家庭构成的差异？尽管这两个国家居住在养老院的老年人比例相似，但德国进入养老院的年龄别比率似乎远低于美国，这可能是公共政策影响的结果。尽管数据限制了我们进行确定性比较的能力，但各国养老院入住的相关因素似乎也相似。
