[Medical specialist undertreatment in nursing home residents-Prevalence and extrapolation].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nursing home residents tend to have lower medical specialist utilization than other groups of older people; however, as yet there is little evidence whether nursing home residents obtain adequate medical specialist care. This study investigated whether nursing home residents receive adequate oral health care, ophthalmological care, otorhinolaryngologist care and neurological care. The unmet needs of the nursing home population in Germany was extrapolated.

Material and methods

Audiometry, eye examinations and oral visual inspection were performed in 409 residents from 44 nursing homes. Medical care in the previous 12 months as well as existing diagnoses were retrieved from the nursing documentation. Teams of physicians evaluated for each resident based on all colle

SUBMITTER: Schulz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8354900 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature