title: [Characteristics of favorable and poor development of health services and social conditions for the aged].
abstract: Two stage probability samples were selected to represent the populations resident in one metropolitan (Prague-1 n = 484) and one country (Opava n = 538) geographical and administrative district. The index cases were contacted and surveyed in a field study. Data were collected by means of standardized interviews by nurses and social workers and complemented from GP's case notes, if available. A significant proportion of cases had no contact with health services at all. Both samples were followed-up for three years. The description of cases was condensed into 27 meaningful variables assessing social, health and living characteristics at the time of the beginning of the study. 11 follow-up course and outcome criteria were derived from the follow-up data in a similar way. Results of the metropolitan and country sample comparison of social and health care needs of five age groups, and of multivariate analysis of predictive relation between the initial characteristics and development and outcome criteria dependent variables are presented and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrické centrum, Praha.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dragomirecká
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Skoda
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Otrubová
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jelínková
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D012924:Social Conditions
vernacular_title: Charakteristika príznivého a nepríznivého vývoje zdravotní a sociální situace ve stárí.