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Continuance of elderly on home-delivered meals programs.

Continuance of elderly on home-delivered meals programs. Continuance of elderly on home-delivered meals programs. E A Frongillo, Jr , D F Williamson , D A Roe and J E Scholes Data from 2,002 elderly receiving home-delivered meals in 23 counties of New York State in 1984-85 were analyzed using a baseline survey and a six-month follow-up survey. Survival analysis estimated that 37.4 per cent of the clients left the program by the follow-up. The initial drop-out rate was estimated to be 14.2 per cent per month; by six months the rate fell to 3.3 per cent. Whites left the program at a rate 2.6 times (95% CI = 1.9, 3.8) that of minorities. Recent discharge from hospital was associated with the highest relative probability of program discontinuance (2.7, 95% CI = 2.2, 3.4), followed by having cancer (2.1, 95% CI = 1.6, 2.8), and having a non-hip fracture (2.0, 95% CI = 1.3, 2.9). Many of those with cancer died, while those recently discharged and those with non-hip fractures were more likely to leave the program because they were again able to cook for themselves. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Continuance of elderly on home-delivered meals programs.

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American Public Health Association
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Copyright © 1987 by the American Public Health Association
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0090-0036
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1541-0048
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10.2105/AJPH.77.9.1176
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Abstract

Continuance of elderly on home-delivered meals programs. E A Frongillo, Jr , D F Williamson , D A Roe and J E Scholes Data from 2,002 elderly receiving home-delivered meals in 23 counties of New York State in 1984-85 were analyzed using a baseline survey and a six-month follow-up survey. Survival analysis estimated that 37.4 per cent of the clients left the program by the follow-up. The initial drop-out rate was estimated to be 14.2 per cent per month; by six months the rate fell to 3.3 per cent. Whites left the program at a rate 2.6 times (95% CI = 1.9, 3.8) that of minorities. Recent discharge from hospital was associated with the highest relative probability of program discontinuance (2.7, 95% CI = 2.2, 3.4), followed by having cancer (2.1, 95% CI = 1.6, 2.8), and having a non-hip fracture (2.0, 95% CI = 1.3, 2.9). Many of those with cancer died, while those recently discharged and those with non-hip fractures were more likely to leave the program because they were again able to cook for themselves.

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American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association

Published: Sep 1, 1987

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