In a recent research letter, Zimmerman et al,
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caution that survey data about assisted living (AL) residents may underestimate resident
chronic conditions. They offer lack of knowledge or documentation of resident medical
conditions in AL as a partial explanation, and use a national study
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that collects aggregate-level resident information as a case in point. Based on our
extensive experience working with data from AL settings, we propose 4 additional explanations
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Published online: February 24, 2021
Footnotes
Data collection for data used in this manuscript was funded by the Oregon Department of Human Services Office of Aging and People with Disabilities. Grant number not assigned.
The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
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