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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Soc Policy. 2021 Jan 18;34(3):418–437. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2020.1851433

Table 5.

Availability of mechanisms to address issues with unrepresented adults by facility type.

Mechanism Hospital % Long term Care % Outpatient/Other % C
Institutional Ethics Committee 96.0 60.0 50.0 .38*
Institutional Risk Management Officer 92.0 51.4 50.0 .38*
Consultation with Peers 96.0 76.5 83.3 .24
Consultation or Decision by Chief Medical Officer 72.0 84.8 75.0 .15
Obtain a Guardian 100.0 94.3 83.3 .24
*

p <.05.