biostudies-literatureWillers CForskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och VälfärdStockholms Läns Landsting18https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11905552biostudies-literatureUnknown15(1)<h4>Background</h4>Individuals receiving geriatric care are often frail and afflicted with multiple chronic conditions demanding care from several medical disciplines, and from several different care providing units across the health systems.<h4>Objective</h4>To explore the six-month service utilization and direct costs attributed to individuals receiving geriatric inpatient care.<h4>Methods</h4>Health care utilization- in terms of inpatient care, outpatient visits with different health care professions- and social care utilization- in terms of social services, and stay at residential care facility (RCF)- were quantified based on registry data, for a cohort admitted to geriatric inpatient care in Stockholm, Sweden during 2016.<h4>Results</h4>On average, individuals admitted to geriatric inHealth economics reviewExploration of health care utilization, social care utilization and costs for individuals discharged from inpatient geriatric care in Sweden - a registry data study.PMC119055522016-1377; 2017-1342; 2018-11582021-01793Rydwik EMazya ALBostrom AMNilsson GHWillers CFors SLindqvist RfalseExploration of health care utilization, social care utilization and costs for individuals discharged from inpatient geriatric care in Sweden - a registry data study.<h4>Background</h4>Individuals receiving geriatric care are often frail and afflicted with multiple chronic conditions demanding care from several medical disciplines, and from several different care providing units across the health systems.<h4>Objective</h4>To explore the six-month service utilization and direct costs attributed to individuals receiving geriatric inpatient care.<h4>Methods</h4>Health care utilization- in terms of inpatient care, outpatient visits with different health care professions- and social care utilization- in terms of social services, and stay at residential care facility (RCF)- were quantified based on registry data, for a cohort admitted to geriatric inpatient care in Stockholm, Sweden during 2016.<h4>Results</h4>On average, individuals admitted to geriatric in2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Mar2025-04-20T00:09:43.899Z2025-04-20T00:09:43.899ZS-EPMC119055524008025610.1186/s13561-025-00610-1