Primary Care Variation in Rates of Unplanned Hospitalizations, Functional Ability, and Quality of Life of Older People.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate variability in older people's outcomes according to general practitioner (GP) and practice characteristics in New Zealand and the Netherlands.

Methods

We used data from 2 primary care-based, cluster-randomized, controlled trials to separately fit mixed models of unplanned admission rates, functional ability, and quality of life (QOL) and examine variation according to GP- and practice-level characteristics after adjusting for participant-level characteristics. For the New Zealand sample (n = 3,755 aged 75+ years in 60 practices), we modeled 36-month unplanned admission rates, Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living (NEADL) scale, and QOL domain ratings from the brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment tool. For t

SUBMITTER: Palapar L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8282304 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature