Abstract
Nursing home utilization is common among older adults, and it represents a costly and growing sector of the health care system. As the length of hospital stays has declined, nursing homes increasingly provide short-term rehabilitative and medical care to patients who have recently been discharged from acute-care hospitals. Nursing homes may also provide palliative, hospice, and respite care. With the impending entry of the baby boom generation into Medicare eligibility and old age, there is an urgent need for information to guide the medical care of nursing home residents and to direct policy regarding long-term care. Although challenging, high-quality nursing home research is achievable with careful attention to methodological and administrative issues. Multiple publicly available data sets are available for use in nursing home research.
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