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The Gerontologist, Vol 37, Issue 3 303-313, Copyright © 1997 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Measuring the adequacy of home care for frail elders

J Capitman, R Abrahams and G Ritter
Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254-9110, USA.

Community elders (N = 330) were interviewed by telephone twice at baseline using both computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) and nurse clinicians, and at four-month follow-up using CATI to collect alternative paraprofessional home care adequacy measures. Measurement format influenced both reliability and observed levels of adequacy but alternative adequacy measures converged and were not closely linked to functional status. The predictive validity of measures based on clinical standards with respect to health outcomes was also demonstrated. These findings support emerging approaches in primary care and home health quality measurement that consider multiple dimension of user response to formal and informal care.


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