Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Stolz, E; Mayerl, H; Rásky, É; Freidl, W.
Individual and country-level determinants of nursing home admission in the last year of life in Europe.
PLoS One. 2019; 14(3): e0213787-e0213787.
Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213787
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- Stolz Erwin
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Freidl Wolfgang
- Mayerl Hannes
- Rasky Eva
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- Previous research has focussed on individual-level determinants of nursing home admission (NHA), although substantial variation in the prevalence of NHA between European countries suggests a substantial impact of country of residence. The aim of this analysis was to assess individual-level determinants and the role of country of residence and specifically a country`s public institutional long-term care infrastructure on proxy-reported NHA in the last year of life. We analysed data from 7,018 deceased respondents (65+) of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2015, 16 countries) using Bayesian hierarchical logistic regression analysis in order to model proxy-reported NHA. In total, 14% of the general older population utilised nursing home care in the last year of life but there was substantial variation across countries (range = 2-30%). On the individual-level, need factors such as functional and cognitive impairment were the strongest predictors of NHA. In total, 18% of the variance of NHA was located at the country-level; public expenditure on institutional care strongly affected the chance of NHA in the last year of life. On the individual-level, the strong impact of need factors indicated equitable access to NHA, whereas differences in public spending for institutional care indicated inequitable access across European countries.