- Title
- Stability of frailty in the social/health maintenance organization.
- First Author
- Hallfors, Denise
- Date of Pub
- 1994 Summer
- Pages
- 105-116
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 4
- Other Authors
- Capitman, John A; Leutz, Walter; Ritter, Grant A
- Abstract
- Although many long-term care (LTC) programs assume that the disabilities of their frail elderly participants are stable in nature, there has been suggestive evidence to the contrary. This study tests stability of disability among social/health maintenance organization (S/HMO) members who were judged eligible for admission into a nursing home. Identified persons were reassessed quarterly. By the end of 1 year, less than 50 percent were still considered to be nursing home eligible. Logit analysis revealed an increased likelihood of instability for persons who were newly identified as functionally disabled after hospitalization. Policy implications for capitated managed-care programs for the elderly are discussed.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Geriatric Assessment : Risk Assessment : Aged : Data Collection : Eligibility Determination : Evaluation Studies : Frail Elderly/statistics & numerical data : Health Maintenance Organizations/statistics & numerical data/utilization : Health Services Research : Human : Insurance, Health, Reimbursement : Medicare/statistics & numerical data/utilization : Nursing Homes/utilization : Probability : Progressive Patient Care : Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB99-106437
