Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kurichi JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5418096 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kurichi Jibby E JE Streim Joel E JE Xie Dawei D Hennessy Sean S Na Ling L Saliba Debra D Pan Qiang Q Kwong Pui L PL Bogner Hillary R HR
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation 20170701 7
<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to examine whether activity limitation stages are associated with admission to facilities providing long-term care (LTC).<h4>Design</h4>Cohort study using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data from the 2005-2009 entry panels. A total of 14,580 community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries 65 years or older were included. Proportional subhazard models examined associations between activity limitation stages and time to first LTC admission, adjusting for baseline ...[more]