Self-reported quality of care for older adults from 2004 to 2011: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

little is known about changes in the quality of medical care for older adults over time.

Objective

to assess changes in technical quality of care over 6 years, and associations with participants' characteristics.

Design

a national cohort survey covering RAND Corporation-derived quality indicators (QIs) in face-to-face structured interviews in participants' households.

Participants

a total of 5,114 people aged 50 or more in four waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

Methods

the percentage achievement of 24 QIs in 10 general medical and geriatric clinical conditions was calculated for each time point, and associations with participants' characteristics were estimated using logistic regression.

Results

participants were eligib

SUBMITTER: Steel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4143491 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature