Claims data analysis of medical specialist utilization among nursing home residents and community-dwelling older people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most older people, and especially those in need of long-term care, suffer from one or more chronic diseases. Consequently, older people have an increased need of medical care, including specialist care. There is little evidence as yet whether older people with greater medical care needs obtain adequate medical care because existing studies do not sufficiently control for differences in morbidity. In this study we investigate whether differences in medical specialist utilization exist between older people with and without assessed long-term care need in line with Book XI of the German Social Code, while at the same time controlling for individual differences in morbidity.

Methods

We used data from the 11 German AOK Statutory Health and Long-term Care Insurance fund

SUBMITTER: Schulz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7382069 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature