This report presents statistics on the utilization of non-Federal short-stay hospitals and nursing homes by persons aged 65 years and over. Estimates are based on data collected in the 1982-85 National Hospital Discharge Surveys and the 1977 and 1985 National Nursing Home Surveys, Measurements of hospital utilization are by frequency, percent, and average length of stay from 1982 through 1985, ...

Altimetry is probably one of the most powerful tools for ice sheet observation. Our vision of the Antarctic ice sheet has been deeply transformed since the launch of the ERS1 satellite in 1991. With the launch of ERS2 and Envisat, the series of altimetric observations now provides 19 years of continuous and homogeneous observations that allow monitoring of the shape and volume of ice sheets. Th...

19 Under the framework of the GMOS project (Global Mercury Observation System) 20 atmospheric mercury monitoring has been implemented at Concordia Station on the high21 altitude Antarctic plateau (75°06’S, 123°20’E, 3220 m above sea level). We report here the 22 first year-round measurements of gaseous elemental mercury (Hg(0)) in the atmosphere and 23 in snowpack interstitial air on the East A...

We propose a methodology for forecasting the systemic impact of financial institutions in interconnected systems. Utilizing a five-year sample including the 2008/9 financial crisis, we demonstrate how the approach can be used for timely systemic risk monitoring of large European banks and insurance companies. We predict firms’ systemic relevance as the marginal impact of individual downside ris...

OBJECTIVES To correlate the average number of nursing care hours dedicated to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients with nursing care indicators. METHOD Transverse, descriptive study conducted between 2011 and 2013. Data were obtained from the electronic records system and from the nursing staff daily schedule. Generalized Linear Models were used for analysis. RESULTS A total of 1,717 patients...

Functionality, as measured by activities of daily living (ADL), is the most important predictor of the cost of nursing home care. Data from a field-test version of the federally mandated Minimum Data Set (MDS) were examined using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and recursive partitioning methods to determine the relationships between ADL limitations and nursing cost (wage-weighted nursing time) am...

Hospitals, nurses, the media, Congress, and the private sector are increasingly concerned about shortages of registered nurses (RNs) and the impact on safety and quality of patient care. Findings from a growing number of studies provide evidence of a relationship between hospital nurse staffing and adverse outcomes experienced by medical and surgical patients. These findings have policy implica...