The effect of assigning dedicated general practitioners to nursing homes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether assigning a dedicated general practitioner (GP) to a nursing home reduces hospitalizations and readmissions.

Data sources/study setting

Secondary data on hospitalizations and deaths by month for the universe of nursing home residents in Denmark from January 2011 through February 2014.

Study design

In 2012, Denmark initiated a program in seven nursing homes that volunteered to participate. We used a difference-in-differences model to estimate the effect of assigning a dedicated GP to a nursing home on the likelihood that a nursing home resident will be hospitalized, will experience a preventable hospitalization, and will be readmitted. The unit of observation is a resident-month.

Data collection/extraction methods

Data were extract

SUBMITTER: Weatherall CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6505413 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature