Oral health in long-term care
Journal of Aging StudiesPublished 1 September 2001
Sally Thorne, Arminée Kazanjian, Michael I. MacEntee
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The secondary analysis revealed the mechanisms through which the organizational context of each facility influenced the effectiveness of the oral health services and how administrative and leadership issues influenced the quality of care.
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When an investigation designed to compare extant models of delivering oral health and dental services to the institutionalized elderly revealed that structural variables explained very little of the difference between effective and ineffective programs, secondary analytic techniques were employed to consider alternative explanations. The original study was a program evaluation based on a comparative case study of 12 long-term care (LTC) facilities. Data for each case included interviews with administrators, care providers, family members, and residents, administrative documentation, and clinical measures of oral health from the residents. The secondary analysis revealed the mechanisms through which the organizational context of each facility influenced the effectiveness of the oral health services. In addition, it revealed how administrative and leadership issues influenced the quality of care.
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