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Who are the consistently high users of health and social services? A follow‐up study two and a half years later of people aged 85+ at baseline
Author(s) -
Bowling Ann,
Farquhar Morag,
Grundy Emily
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
health and social care in the community
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.984
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1365-2524
pISSN - 0966-0410
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1993.tb00229.x
Subject(s) - baseline (sea) , health services , gerontology , psychology , service (business) , social welfare , demography , medicine , environmental health , business , political science , sociology , population , marketing , law
This paper reports on changes in service use over a 2 1/2‐year period among people aged 85+ at baseline. The socio‐demographic, social, pyschological and physical characteristics of the consistently high utilizers and the consistently low utilizers of services are described. The strongest predictor of total service use was functional ability. The analyses confirmed that a small proportion of people are likely to account for the most expenditure on health and social services.