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Movement between hospital and residential aged care 2008-09
Movement between hospital and residential aged care 2008-09
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Topic: Aged care
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013) Movement between hospital and residential aged care 2008-09, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 06 November 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2013). Movement between hospital and residential aged care 2008-09. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Movement between hospital and residential aged care 2008-09. AIHW, 2013.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Movement between hospital and residential aged care 2008-09. Canberra: AIHW; 2013.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2013, Movement between hospital and residential aged care 2008-09, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report examines movements between hospital and residential aged care by people aged 65 and over in 2008-09. Overall, almost 10% of 1.1 million hospitalisations for older people were for people already living in residential aged care. A further 3% of hospitalisations for older people ended with the patient being newly admitted into residential care. This report also describes the characteristics of people moving between the two sectors, and short-term outcomes for people going into residential care.
- ISSN: 1833-1238
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-490-6
- Cat. no: CSI 16
- Pages: 232
Findings from this report:
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Overall, there were 1.1 million hospitalisations for older people
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Around 10% of these hospitalisations were for people already living in residential aged care
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Overall, 11% of these hospitalisations ended with the patient entering residential aged care
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5% of hospitalisations for older people ended in death