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MEDICAL CARE IN SOME ILLINOIS NURSING HOMES: FIVE‐YEAR FOLLOW‐UP, 1961–1966 *
Author(s) -
Kramer Charles H.,
Kramer Daniel R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1968.tb01280.x
Subject(s) - medicine , publicity , nursing homes , nursing , family medicine , medical care , quality (philosophy) , sample (material) , gerontology , philosophy , epistemology , marketing , business , chemistry , chromatography
A bstract A 1961‐versus‐1966 comparison was made of conditions in some Illinois nursing homes with regard to improvement (or otherwise) in the quantity and quality of medical care provided by attending physicians and medical advisors. The surveys were conducted by means of questionnaires given to the administrators of the nursing homes—66 administrators in 1961 and 52 others in 1966. The results were analyzed statistically. Despite all the recent publicity about the inadequate care of the aged in nursing homes, there was little objective evidence of improvement in the quantity or quality of medical care and services provided between 1961 and 1966 in this sample of Illinois nursing homes. On the contrary, there was a trend toward less satisfactory relationships between physicians and the nursing homes they serve. These data point up serious problems for physicians, administrators, public health officials and others responsible for the medical care in nursing homes.