title: An international survey of nursing homes.
abstract: This article reports the results of an exploratory survey of nursing home care in 30 countries. Most countries used either a social or nursing home model, with a physician model being less common. Resident Assessment Instruments were used in only 35% of countries. Physician visits to the nursing home occurred in 37%. All but 2 countries used advanced practice nurses. Medication use was high, with 82% of countries reporting residents taking 6 or more medicines a day.
authors.affiliation: Alzheimer's Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice, The University of Western Scotland, Hamilton, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tolson
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rolland
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Morley
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vellas
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002608:Charities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D038622:Internationality; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires