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The study is conducted to determine families' rankings of characteristics they consider most important when selecting a nursing home. Friedman's two-way analysis of variance is used to test for differences in the rankings. In response to a mailed survey, 231 families rank the characteristics in the following order: quality of care, appearance, atmosphere, location, reputation, building safety, quality of food, cost, and activities. Relationships are also found between the rankings and the demographic characteristics: gender, marital status, education, income, number of homes available, patient/respondent relationship, and distance respondent lived from the chosen home.
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Approved for publication by the Director of the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station as Manuscript No. 92-25-6176.
She received her M.S. from Louisiana State University and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. Her research interests include housing options for the elderly and consumer satisfaction.
She received her Ph.D. from Florida State University. Her research interests include consumer decision making and family time use.
She received her Ph.D. from Florida State University. Her research interests include work and the family and gerontology issues such as aging in place and housing options for the elderly.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research interests include family life and family economics, as well as the application of statistics to the social sciences.
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Prawitz, A.D., Lawrence, F.C., Draughn, P.S. et al. Criteria families use to select nursing homes. J Fam Econ Iss 15, 37–51 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353723
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