Association of Social Isolation of Long-term Care Facilities in the United States With 30-Day Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Long-term care (LTC) residents may be susceptible to social isolation if living in facilities located in neighborhoods lacking social connection.

Objective

To characterize the social isolation of residents living in LTC facilities in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included 730 524 LTC residents from 14 224 LTC facilities in 8652 zip code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) in the US in 2011. A nationwide LTC database with ZCTA data was linked to population-level geographic data from the US Census Bureau. Statistical analysis was performed from January 2019 to December 2020.

Exposures

The primary variable of interest was the social isolation of LTC neighborhoods defined as the percentage of households in the ZCTA with indivi

SUBMITTER: Park C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209586 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature