Needs-based provision of medical care to nursing home residents: protocol for a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nursing home residents typically have greater needs for medical care than community-dwelling elderly. However, restricted cognitive abilities and limited mobility may impede their access to general practitioners and medical specialists. The provision of medical care in nursing homes may therefore be inappropriate in some areas of medical care. The purpose of this mixed-methods study is to systematically assess, evaluate and explain met and unmet medical care needs in German nursing homes and to develop solutions where medical care is found to be inappropriate.

Methods and analysis

First, statutory health insurance claims data are analysed to identify differences in the utilisation of medical care between nursing home residents and community-dwelling elderly with

SUBMITTER: Czwikla J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720143 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature