Manton K G, Corder L, Stallard E
Center for Demographic Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0408.
Gerontologist. 1993 Apr;33(2):168-76. doi: 10.1093/geront/33.2.168.
Analysis of data from the 1982, 1984 and 1989 National Long-term Care Surveys suggests that long-term care use is changing. Between 1982 and 1989, equipment use by persons with light physical impairment, or to supplement personal assistance for the severely disabled, increased. Over this same period, there was a decline in the use of personal assistance as the sole modality to deal with chronic impairments. Since equipment costs are nonrecurrent, whereas personal assistance costs are recurrent, this finding has implications for long-term care policy.
对1982年、1984年和1989年全国长期护理调查数据的分析表明，长期护理的使用情况正在发生变化。在1982年至1989年期间，轻度身体残疾者使用设备或为重度残疾者补充个人护理服务的情况有所增加。在同一时期，将个人护理服务作为应对慢性残疾的唯一方式的使用情况有所下降。由于设备成本是一次性的，而个人护理成本是经常性的，这一发现对长期护理政策具有影响。
