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Traffic lights: Extracting order from the chaos of long‐term care
Author(s) -
Tomenson Barbara,
Benbow Susan M.,
Jolley David J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930091207
Subject(s) - long term care , term (time) , nursing homes , balance (ability) , order (exchange) , rest (music) , nursing care , population , gerontology , nursing , medicine , business , environmental health , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physics , cardiology , finance , quantum mechanics
Abstract Interpreting data on the balance and capacity of long‐term care facilities within districts and their relationship to population ‘need’ has been difficult because of unmonitored cross‐boundary flow, particularly within the independent sector. A simple banding technique is described which distinguishes likely importer and exporter districts. Modest provision of long‐stay hospital care is shown to be associated with less use of rest/nursing home care.