Municipal acute care teams as a flexible solution for the treatment of acutely ill patients at-home: a mixed-method study of patients' and caregivers' experiences with an acute care team.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Development of initiatives to reduce hospitalisations is a major focus of healthcare planning. Strengthening the community with municipal acute care teams or units is a newly implemented Danish initiative aimed at preventing hospitalisations and supporting more flexible services. This study aims to describe patients treated by a municipal acute care team and to explore patients' and caregivers' experiences with at-home treatment.

Design

A mixed-method study consisting of descriptive statistics of patients treated by an acute care team, and quantitative and qualitative data from follow-up telephone questionnaires with patients and caregivers.

Setting

The acute care team, 'Acute Team Odense' (ATO), in the Odense Municipality, Denmark.

Participants

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SUBMITTER: Udesen SEJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365789 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature