Bacon W E, Wotjyniak B, Krzyzanowski M
Am J Public Health. 1984 Nov;74(11):1220-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.74.11.1220.
Hospital use by elderly patients in Poland and the United States was compared using data from the 1980 General Hospital Morbidity Study (Poland) and the National Hospital Discharge Survey (US). Discharge and days-of-care rates were higher in the US but average lengths of stay were longer in Poland. All three measures increased with advancing age in the US but remained relatively constant or decreased with age in Poland. Although the most frequent causes of hospitalization were similar in the two countries, the characteristic use patterns across age were evident for most frequently occurring disease conditions. The greater use of hospitals in the US is not associated with marked differences between the two countries in health status of the elderly.
利用1980年综合医院发病率研究（波兰）和国家医院出院调查（美国）的数据，对波兰和美国老年患者的医院使用情况进行了比较。美国的出院率和护理天数率更高，但波兰的平均住院时间更长。在美国，所有这三项指标都随着年龄的增长而增加，但在波兰，它们相对保持不变或随着年龄的增长而下降。尽管两国住院的最常见原因相似，但对于大多数常见疾病状况而言，不同年龄的特征性使用模式是明显的。美国医院使用率较高与两国老年人健康状况的显著差异无关。
