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Allocation of home care services by municipalities in Norway: a document analysis [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background In Norway, elder care is primarily a municipal responsibility. Municipal health services strive to offer the ‘lowest level of effective care,’ and home healthcare services are defined as the lowest level of care in Norway.
Solrun G. Holm, Terje A. Mathisen, Torill M. Sæterstrand, Berit S. Brinchmann   +3 more
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Municipal healthcare providers’ perceptions of reasons for frequent and unplanned hospital admissions among home-dwelling older adults: a Norwegian focus group study [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background In healthcare policies and research, patients who utilise substantial healthcare services receive significant attention. Persons who are frequently admitted to hospitals are often termed ‘frequent users of hospital services’. Understanding how
Jill-Marit Moholt, Cathrine Arntzen, Audhild Høyem, Bodil H. Blix   +3 more
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Integrating Welfare Technology in Long-term Care Services: Nationwide Cross-sectional Survey Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
BackgroundWelfare technologies are often described as a solution to the increasing pressure on primary health care services.
Hanne Marie Rostad, Randi Stokke
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Trust-based service innovation of municipal home care: a longitudinal mixed methods study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Abstract Background In Scandinavia, various public reforms are initiated to enhance trust in the healthcare services and the public sector in general. This study explores experiences from a two-step service innovation project in municipal home care in Norway, coined as the Trust Model (TM ...
Eide, Tom, Gullslett, Monika Knudsen, Eide, Hilde, Dugstad, Janne Herholdt, McCormack, Brendan, Nilsen, Etty Ragnhild   +5 more
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Municipal healthcare professionals’ interprofessional collaboration during older patients’ transitions in the municipal health and care services: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Interprofessional collaboration is vital to assist patients towards a healthy transition in the municipal health and care services. However, no study has so far investigated municipal health care providers’ inter-professional collaboration ...
Marianne Eika, Sigrun Hvalvik
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Logistics of care: Trust-reform and self-managing teams in municipal home care services

Journal of Social Policy, 2023
AbstractThe central idea in trust-reform is to improve service delivery by granting professional autonomy and acknowledging the experiential knowledge of professionals. In this article, we study trust-reform bottom-up from the perspective of frontline care workers.
Helle Cathrine Hansen, Cecilie Basberg Neumann   +1 more
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The influence of individual and municipality characteristics on allocation of long-term care services: a register-based cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Variation in service allocation between municipalities may arise as a result of prioritisation. Both individual and societal characteristics determine service allocation, but previous literature has often investigated these factors separately.
Lisa Victoria Burrell, Hanne Marie Rostad, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner, Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad   +4 more
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The influence of municipal characteristics on the use of informal home care and home care services by the elderly Flemish [PDF]

European Journal of Public Health, 2012
When explaining the use of care, the context of the care gains importance. This article focuses on the influence of the municipality on the lives of the elderly regarding the usage of different forms of care, whereas controlling for the effect of individual characteristics.Two databases on the individual characteristics of elderly Flemish people living
Demaerschalk, Melanie F., Vanden Boer, Lut E., Bronselaer, Joost L., Molenberghs, Geert, Declercq, Anja G.   +4 more
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Can municipality-based post-discharge follow-up visits including a general practitioner reduce early readmission among the fragile elderly (65+ years old)?::a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Objective. To evaluate how municipality-based post-discharge follow-up visits including a general practitioner and municipal nurse affect early readmission among high-risk older people discharged from a hospital department of internal medicine.
Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, Lau Caspar Thygesen, null null, Rod S. Taylor, Sara Fokdal, Thomas Gjørup   +5 more
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Entrusting life to professionals: A phenomenological hermeneutical study of older persons' participation in prehospital emergency care involving municipal home care and ambulance services

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2023
AbstractBackgroundParticipation in care is considered to promote safe and qualitative care. Care‐dependent older persons ageing in place have increased emergency care needs, which initiate inter‐organisational collaboration involving municipal home care and ambulance services.
Anna Hjalmarsson, Gunnel Östlund, Margareta Asp, Birgitta Kerstis, Mats Holmberg   +4 more
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