title: [The relevance of health status for nursing home admission of elderly patients].
abstract: The article is based on a longitudinal study examining the risk of institutionalization in old age, especially with reference to the health status. According to the results, chronic disease only in interaction with old age has a significant impact on institutionalization. Other interactions for example between health status and housing conditions or between health status and marital status were not found. However, the age impact on institutionalization is not fully explained by other factors such as health condition. Altogether, healthy elderly people become institutionalized less often and later than elderly people who are either chronically ill or physically disabled or handicapped.
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Verwaltungswissenschaft, Universität Konstanz.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Salaske
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006304:Health Status; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung des Gesundheitszustands für den Heimeintritt alter Menschen.