Enkele kenmerken van verpleeghuispatiënten

- In 1981 a new national registration system for nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities) and their patients was introduced in the Netherlands (pop.: 14.34 million in 1982: 11.8 65 yrs and over). The system was called SIVIS or SIG-Nursing Home Information System. In this article some of the 1982 data from SIVIS, such as age distribution, length of stay, place of residence before admission and the reason for admission are presented. The morbidity pattern on 1231‘82 and at admission, and the places of destination after discharge are described. The importance of these data for future trends is also mentioned.