{"title":"A randomised controlled trial of long stay nursing home and geriatric ward care for the elderly. A summary of main findings.","authors":"A Bowling, J Formby, P Clark","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper reports outcome data on mental and physical ability levels, mortality and accidents rates, from a randomised controlled trial evaluating health authority funded nursing home and long stay geriatric ward care in one inner London health district. There were no differences between settings in relation to mortality rates, although respondents randomised to the nursing homes deteriorated more rapidly in overall and functional ability levels; they also experienced a higher accident rate than respondents in the wards. This has to be balanced against the previously published observational data from the evaluation which clearly indicated that quality of life in the homes was superior to that in the wards. There was more occupational therapy input into the wards in comparison with the homes, and activities were promoted most in the patient's Club in the hospital setting. Although quality of life was superior in the homes in relation to flexibility and preservation of resident's dignity.</p>","PeriodicalId":79547,"journal":{"name":"Acta hospitalia","volume":"32 2","pages":"55-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20993889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The place of hospitals in the Dutch health-care system. Facts, trends and problems.","authors":"W J de Gooijer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79547,"journal":{"name":"Acta hospitalia","volume":"Spec No ","pages":"87-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20985440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aspects of the health-care system in Portugal.","authors":"J M da Silva","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79547,"journal":{"name":"Acta hospitalia","volume":"Spec No ","pages":"95-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20985441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health care in Europe.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79547,"journal":{"name":"Acta hospitalia","volume":"Spec No ","pages":"1-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20985432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health care in Belgium: looking toward 1992.","authors":"L Delesie","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79547,"journal":{"name":"Acta hospitalia","volume":"Spec No ","pages":"11-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20985434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors associated with differential utilization of professional care among elderly people: residents of old people's homes compared to elderly people living at home.","authors":"C M Frederiks, M J te Wierik, H J van Rossum","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To investigate factors that explain differential utilization of professional care among elderly people a study was performed in Maastricht, the Netherlands. For that purpose 657 interviews with elderly people were held. In this article a comparison is made between elderly people living at home, with or without professional home care, and residents of old people's homes. Besides the functional status, as measured by limitations in household activities and activities of daily living, the composition of the household of the elderly person is recognized as a major discriminating factor between the three groups. The role of depressive complaints in care utilization is less prominent than expected from an earlier study. A bivariate analysis clearly showed the frequency of mental problems and the poorly developed social network among elderly persons using professional care. Implications for caregiving and policy planning are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79547,"journal":{"name":"Acta hospitalia","volume":"31 3","pages":"33-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20986466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public health in Spain. Aspects relevant to the last few years.","authors":"R Gutiérrez i Martí, J Berenguer i Maymó","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79547,"journal":{"name":"Acta hospitalia","volume":"Spec No ","pages":"35-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21042191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health and hospital care in Denmark.","authors":"J L Dithmer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79547,"journal":{"name":"Acta hospitalia","volume":"Spec No ","pages":"31-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20985435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hospital care in Italy.","authors":"E Guzzanti","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79547,"journal":{"name":"Acta hospitalia","volume":"Spec No ","pages":"69-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20985438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of the university in health policy development.","authors":"R Dillemans","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79547,"journal":{"name":"Acta hospitalia","volume":"Spec No ","pages":"103-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20985433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}