From: Predicting nursing home admission in the U.S: a meta-analysis
Data Source | Sampling Frame | Sample Size | Data Collection | Duration of Follow-Up | Number of Nursing Home Admissions/Rate | Predictor Variables Available |
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Study of Assets and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old (AHEAD) | National panel study, 70 years of age and over in U.S. | Up to 8,222 | Baseline face-to-face interviews, telephone follow-ups every other year with respondent or proxy | Up to 7 years (1993–2000) | Up to 1135/ | Cognitive performance, physical and functional health, economic status, family structure, demographics, service use, caregiving, financial resources |
Established Populations for Epidemiological Studies of the Elderly-East Boston (EPESE-EB) | All non-institutionalized persons 65 years age and over in East Boston, Massachusetts enumerated via community census | 3,545 | In-person and telephone interview with respondent and/or proxy | 1982–1985 | 142 | Demographic characteristics, social and physical functioning, chronic Conditions, related health problems, self-reported Service use, depression |
Established Populations for Epidemiological Studies of the Elderly-Iowa (EPESE-IOWA) | All non-institutionalized persons 65 years age and over in Washington and Iowa counties, enumerated via all Area Agencies on Aging and local informants | Up to 3,097 | " | Up to 4 years (1982–1986) | Up to 369 | " |
Established Populations for Epidemiological Studies of the Elderly-New Haven (EPESE-NH) | All non-institutionalized persons 65 years age and over in New Haven, Connecticut enumerated via stratified random sample of household clusters | Up to 2,812 | " | Up to 9 years (1982–1991) | Up to 935 | " |
Government Accounting Organization-Cleveland Study (GAO) | Older adults, 65 years and age and over and living independently, were randomly selected in Cleveland, OH | 1,598 | In-person interviews with respondent or proxy | 1975–1984 | 406 | Sociodemographics, mental health, physical health, disability, available informal support |
Longitudinal Study on Aging (LSOA) | All civilian non-institutionalized persons in the U.S. 70 years of age and over in 1984 | Up to 7,541 | In-person interviews at baseline, telephone interviews at each 2-year follow-up with respondent or proxy | Up to 6 years (1984–1990) | Up to 1100 | Cognitive performance, physical and functional health, economic status, family structure, demographics, service use, caregiving, financial resources |
National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS) | Random sample from Medicare enrollment files, 65 years of age and over in U.S. with any ADL or IADL dependency | Up to 5,851 | In-person interviews with older respondent and/or proxy | 1982–1984 | Up to 911 | Cognitive performance, physical and functional health, economic status, family structure, demographics, service use, caregiving, financial resources |
Medicare Survey | People living in the community during the 1977 Current Medicare Survey | 4400 | Interviews with respondents initially and one year later | 1977–1978 | 127 | Sociodemographics, payment source, functional status, perceived health status, service use and physician contact |
Massachusetts Elder Health Project | A geographically stratified random sample of disabled elders living in Eastern Massachusetts | Up to 586 | In-person and telephone interviews with respondent or proxy | Up to 6 years (1984/85–1991) | Up to 143 | Informal and formal community care, caregiving burden, sociodemographics, physical disability |
Massachusetts Health Care Panel Study (MHCPS) | Statewide (Massachusetts) probability sample of non-institutionalized adults 65 years of age and over | 1625 | In-person interviews at baseline and first follow-up a year later; mailed surveys every 4 years thereafter | Up to 10 years (1974/75–1984/85) | Up to 148 | Demographics, social characteristics, functional disabilities, attitudinal variables |
Medicare Health Outcomes Study (MHOS) | Random sample of Medicare+Choice (Medicare managed care) enrollees over the age of 64 who were not institutionalized | 137,632 | Mail survey and telephone follow-up of non-respondents on an annual basis | 1998–2000 | 11,220 | Quality of life/psychosocial status, self-reported symptoms and diagnoses, functional disability, sociodemographics |
Monogohela Valley Independent Elders Survey (MoVIES) | Participants 65 years of age and over, with 6th grade or greater education, and living in the community were selected from voter registration lists in 23 communities in southwestern Pennsylvania | 1147 | Clinical assessments and in-person interviews in respondents' homes annually | 1987–2001 | 156 | Sociodemographics, functional and cognitive impairment, medication usage, depression |