Journal
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 571-593Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314553895
Keywords
pressure ulcer; health disparity; nursing home
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- National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH [1R01NR010731-01A2]
- Minnesota Supercomputing Institute at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Objective: The objective of this study was to assess whether there are racial and ethnic disparities in the time to development of a pressure ulcer and number of pressure ulcer treatments in individuals aged 65 and older after nursing home admission. Method: Multi-level predictors of time to a pressure ulcer from three national surveys were analyzed using Cox proportional hazards regression for White Non-Hispanic residents. Using the Peters-Belson method to assess for disparities, estimates from the regression models were applied to American Indians/Alaskan Natives, Asians/Pacific Islanders, Blacks, and Hispanics separately resulting in estimates of expected outcomes as if they were White Non-Hispanic, and were then compared with their observed outcomes. Results: More Blacks developed pressure ulcers sooner than expected. No disparities in time to a pressure ulcer disadvantaging other racial/ethnic groups were found. There were no disparities in pressure ulcer treatment for any group. Discussion: Reducing disparities in pressure ulcer development offers a strategy to improve the quality of nursing home care.
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