Toner H L, Keith D, Corser A, Turvey T
Fife Healthcare NHS Trust, Stratheden Hospital, Cupar, Fife.
Health Bull (Edinb). 1996 Mar;54(2):152-7.
Previous surveys of elderly patients in different continuing care settings suggest considerable overlap between settings. However, re-analysis of this data in terms of patients' profiles of dependency reveals a somewhat different picture, suggesting that overlap is not such a general phenomenon. Further data from new surveys in Fife confirm this view. The findings of these studies raise questions about some of the previous research on "misplacement' of people in long-stay care, and suggest that planners may need to be more discriminating in their analysis of which types of patient to transfer and what continuing care resources might be required. Failure to address these issues may lead to undue pressure on many of the continuing care placements.
先前对处于不同持续护理环境中的老年患者进行的调查表明，各环境之间存在相当大的重叠。然而，根据患者的依赖程度概况对这些数据进行重新分析后，呈现出略有不同的情况，这表明重叠并非普遍现象。来自法夫郡新调查的进一步数据证实了这一观点。这些研究的结果对先前一些关于长期护理中人员“安置不当”的研究提出了质疑，并表明规划者在分析应转移哪些类型的患者以及可能需要哪些持续护理资源时可能需要更加有辨别力。未能解决这些问题可能会给许多持续护理安置带来不必要的压力。
