The effect of having a care home physician on the care home residents’ rate of contacts with primary care physicians and hospitals: a retrospective register-based study
We saw an increased availability of PCPs in care homes with a care home physician and lower use of the out-of-hours service, but no impact on hospital admissions.
Authors
- Gitte Schultz Kristensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-5675)
- Karen Andersen‐Ranberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1970-7076)
- Christian Backer Mogensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8254-089X)
- Jens Søndergaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-1864)
- Sofie Ronja Petersen
Institutions
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Odense University Hospital (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13189-4
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Odense Universitetshospital
- Syddansk Universitet