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Research from RAND Corporation in the area of life sciences published

Published in Managed Care Law Weekly, October 5th, 2008

New research, 'Physical restraint initiation in nursing homes and subsequent resident health,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from the United States, "It is widely believed that physical restraint use causes mental and physical health decline in nursing home residents. Yet few studies exist showing an association between restraint initiation and health decline."

"In this research, we examined whether physical restraint initiation is associated with subsequent lower physical or mental health. We used all nursing homes (N=740) in Pennsylvania in 2001, with 12,820 residents. We used the Minimum Data Set data; Online Survey, Certification and Reporting...

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Source: Managed Care Law Weekly (2008-10-05)

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