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Long-Term Care Insurance Puzzle [PDF]

, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to examine the alternative explanatory factors of the so-called long term care insurance puzzle, namely the fact that so few people purchase a long term care insurance whereas this would seem to be a rational conduct given the high probability of dependence and the high costs of long term care.
Pestieau, Pierre, Ponthière, Grégory
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Improving the quality of care in nursing home organizations with urgent quality issues: design and effectiveness of a Dutch government-funded support programme

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Various societal developments are currently challenging the ability of European nursing home organizations to meet quality standards. To support nursing home organizations throughout the Netherlands in quality improvement (QI), the Dutch ...
Paulien Vermunt, Yael Reijmer, Clariska van Biessum, Valerie de Groot, Bellis van den Berg, Henk Nies   +5 more
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Management of children with non-acute abdominal pain and diarrhea in Dutch primary care: a retrospective cohort study based on a routine primary care database (AHON)

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023
Objective To describe the testing, prescription, referral, and follow-up management by general practitioners (GPs) for children presenting with non-acute abdominal pain and/or diarrhea in primary care.Design Retrospective cohort study with one-year ...
Sophie M. Ansems, Marjolein Y. Berger, Elaine Pieterse, Sjaantje Nanne, Gina G. Beugel, Ria P. E. Couwenberg, Gea A. Holtman   +6 more
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Disparities in the level of COVID-19 health literacy and the associated factors among employees in long-term care facilities in Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a significant threat to the safety of residents in long-term care facilities, and the staff of long-term care facilities are essential in the care and prevention of major infectious diseases and ...
Lan-Ping Lin, Jia-Rong Yu, Jin-Ding Lin
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Qualitative study evaluating the expectations and experiences of Dutch parents of children with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms visiting their general practitioner

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives Chronic gastrointestinal symptoms are common among children and affect their daily activities and quality of life. The majority will be diagnosed with a functional gastrointestinal disorder.
Tryntsje Fokkema, Gea A Holtman, Marjolein Y Berger, Donald G van Tol, Sophie M Ansems, Ilse N Ganzevoort, Marijke Olthof   +6 more
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Ethics and aging: focus on living will for patients with dementia

Geriatric Care, 2017
Today dementia certainly represents a public health priority with a huge global impact on wordwide population. However, clinical and social issues related to dementia have long been marginalized.
Alberto Sardella, Laura Vernuccio, Floriana Cocita, Florenza Inzerillo, Ligia J. Dominguez, Mario Barbagallo   +5 more
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Long Term Care in Romania [PDF]

, 2010
The increasing life expectancy and the alarming growth in the incidence of chronic illness make long term care services in high demand and in dire need of change and innovation.
Popa, Daniela
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Lupus anticoagulant in an elderly woman with dementia: a clinical case report with many questions and few answers

Geriatric Care, 2022
We describe the clinical case of an elderly woman with dementia, suffering from bilateral soleal venous thrombosis, despite antithrombotic prophylaxis, after orthopedic surgery.
Mauro Turrin, Alessandro Attanasio, Ivano Castellaro   +2 more
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Inequality in outpatient resource utilization among older adults during the 2007–2008 financial crisis: findings from Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Equity in medical resource utilization is a crucial concern in countries with national health insurance systems. From the perspective of an active aging framework, public health insurance is one of the pillars of economic security, as ...
Chiao-Lee Chu, Yu-Hua Chu, Chih-Yuan Lin, Yen-Ping Hsieh, Ching-Sung Ho, Yung-Yu Su, Chia-Nien Liu   +6 more
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Geospatial panorama of long-term care facilities in Brazil: a portrait of territorial inequalities

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2022
OBJECTIVES: To map the number and geospatial distribution of Brazilian long-term care facilities (LTCFs) for older adults. Additionally, we sought to highlight the relationship between these findings and the number of older people in the country's 27 ...
Tatiana Teixeira Barral de Lacerda, Ana Paula Miranda Neves, Giselle Layse Andrade Buarque, Denise Cuoghi de Carvalho Veríssimo Freitas, Mariana Medeiros Mota Tessarolo, Newton González, Silvio Fernando Barbieri, Ana Amélia Camarano, Karla Cristina Giacomin, Paulo José Fortes Villas Boas   +9 more
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