Hospital diagnoses, Medicare charges, and nursing home admissions in the year when older persons become severely disabled
L Ferrucci, JM Guralnik, M Pahor, MC Corti, RJ Havlik - Jama, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
Objective.—To characterize hospital diagnoses, procedures and charges, and nursing home
admissions in the year when older persons become severely disabled, comparing those in
whom severe disability develops rapidly with those in whom disability develops gradually.
Design.—A prospective, population-based cohort study with at least 6 annual interviews
beginning in 1982. Setting.—A total of 3 communities: East Boston, Mass, New Haven,
Conn, and Iowa and Washington counties in Iowa. Subjects.—A total of 6070 persons at …
admissions in the year when older persons become severely disabled, comparing those in
whom severe disability develops rapidly with those in whom disability develops gradually.
Design.—A prospective, population-based cohort study with at least 6 annual interviews
beginning in 1982. Setting.—A total of 3 communities: East Boston, Mass, New Haven,
Conn, and Iowa and Washington counties in Iowa. Subjects.—A total of 6070 persons at …