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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 intermediate care services in Denmark and Norway: a cross-country comparative analysis [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Background Intermediate care is increasingly used to reduce hospital admissions and support early discharge from hospital. In Denmark and Norway, health reforms have shifted responsibilities from hospitals to municipalities, prompting the development of ...
Stine Emilie Junker Udesen, Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad, Marijke Veenstra, Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner   +4 more
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A matter of participation? A critical incident study of municipal care personnel in situations involving care-dependent older persons and emergency medical services

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2022
Purpose This study aimed at describing municipal care personnel’s experiences of and actions in situations when older persons need emergency medical services (EMS) at home.
Anna Hjalmarsson, Gunnel Östlund, Margareta Asp, Birgitta Kerstis, Mats Holmberg   +4 more
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The impact of municipal healthcare setting on the quality of end-of-life care: a population-based cohort study [PDF]

BMC Palliative Care
Background In Sweden, approximately half of all individuals who die receive municipal care prior to death. Access to high-quality palliative care remains unequal, with known disparities between both care settings and diagnostic groups.
Karin Dalhammar, Maria E. C. Schelin, Marie-Louise Möllerberg   +2 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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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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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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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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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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