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Reablement in a small municipality, a survival analysis

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Reablement is a municipal service given to patients at home. The purpose of the service is to assist recovery after hospital discharges or other sudden changes in a patient’s functional level. The service is often provided by a team of nurses,
Kjartan Sarheim Anthun, Monica Lillefjell, Kirsti Sarheim Anthun   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

BMJ Open, 2021
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 ...
Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Christina Østervang, Stine Emilie Junker Udesen, Dorthe Susanne Nielsen, Nina Andersen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Costs of provision for in-home care services for dependent persons in selected Polish cities 2015–2017 – challenges for local governments

Medycyna Ogólna i Nauki o Zdrowiu, 2020
Introduction and objective The provision of safety and professional care for dependent persons, including the elderly and the disabled at home, is one of the biggest challenges for health policy and social assistance.
Marta Giezek, Paulina Zabielska, Beata Karakiewicz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A literature review to explore integrated care for older people [PDF]

, 2005
Purpose: This paper reports on some of the findings of a literature review commissioned to explore integrated care for older people. Methods: The process of revising included finding and selecting literature from multidisciplinary sources, and ...
Sue Childs, Childs, Sue, Reed, Jan, Cook, Glenda, McCormack, Brendan, Jan Reed, Brendan McCormack, Glenda Cook   +7 more
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“There Is a Lot of Community Spirit Going On.” Middle Managers' Stories of Innovation in Home Care Services

SAGE Open Nursing, 2019
Background : There is a need for qualitative studies on imposed innovation in home care services in welfare societies. The municipalities are key actors in the field of innovation in the public sector.
Rita Sørly PhD, Martin Sollund Krane PhD, Geir Bye, May-Britt Ellingsen PhD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of covered services in Medicare home health care

, 1995
Click on the DOI link below to access the article (may not be free).Using data on 295 patients entering Medicare home health care at discharge from Medicare hospital stays, we explain receipt of Medicare home health nursing, PT and OT visits, and length ...
Black, Linda B., Benjamin, A. E., Fox, P., Swan, James H.   +3 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
wiley   +1 more source

Who Is Doing What in Home Care Services?

, 2021
(1) Background: This paper investigates the distribution of work hours by activity, for the main staff categories in home care services in three rural Norwegian municipalities.
Berit Irene Helgheim, Birgithe Sandbaek
core   +1 more source

Integrated care: a position paper of the WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services. [PDF]

, 2001
The WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services in Barcelona is an integral part of the World Health Organizations' Regional Office for Europe.
Garcia-Barbero, M, Gröne, O, WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services   +2 more
core   +4 more sources