T
he Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) 444 is originally developed to Only for breast cancer and colon cancer, the US has higher survival rates assess the care needs of the elderly in institut
ions, and has later been than Belgium (data shown in documentation sheet in Supplement S1). To extended with instruments for different care settings and subgroups. In be able to distinguish the effect of early screening from the actual care, Belgium a national pilot project (the BelRAI) is ongoing, but is not yet implemente
...[+++]d in all care settings: the assessment instruments for home care, relative survival rates should be compared across countries by stage, for long-term care facilities and acute care have already been adapted to information which is not yet available at international level. the Belgian situation (details in Appendix C).Belgium a nat
ional pilot project (the BelRAI) is ongoing, but is not yet be able to distinguish the effect of early screening from the actual care, implemented in all care settings: the assessm
ent instruments for home care, relative survival rates should be compared across countries by stage, for long-term care facilities
and acute care have already been adapted to info
...[+++]rmation which is not yet available at international level. the Belgian situation (details in Appendix C).