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Estimates of institutional care utilization by the elderly range from 4 to 63%, depending on which definition of institutional care is used, the sample selected, and the study design. Reviewed were prospective and cross-sectional studies in which utilization was estimated, along with studies in which factors were identified that influence long-term care utilization such as age, sex, availability of caregivers, and functional status.
Wingard et al. (Wed,) studied this question.