SURE helps researchers fill knowledge gaps on aged care transitions
Associate Professor Rebecca Mitchell...
Researchers are
using the Sax Institute’s Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE) to shed
light on factors that put older patients at risk of moving into residential
aged care after they have sustained injuries that put them in hospital. And
their results will help predict the future aged care services needs. Study
Chief Investigator Associate Professor Rebecca Mitchell, from the Australian
Institute of Health Innovation, said her research would
analyse linked hospitalisation and aged care datasets and would focus on people
aged 65 and over who were hospitalised with an injury, including people with
and without dementia.
The research team was able to access three linked datasets through SURE – the NSW Admitted Patient data collection, the Commonwealth Residential Aged Care and the Aged Care Assessment Program data collections – in order to explore what characteristics and factors predicted whether people would return home after discharge, move into long-term residential aged care, or use short-term respite or transitional aged care services.
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Content owner: Australian Institute of Health Innovation Last updated: 19 Oct 2018 11:00am