dc.contributor.author | Deraas, Trygve sigvart | |
dc.contributor.author | Berntsen, Gro Karine Rosvold | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, Andy | |
dc.contributor.author | Førde, Olav Helge | |
dc.contributor.author | Sund, Erik Reidar | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-20T12:14:42Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-27T10:38:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-02-20T12:14:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-27T10:38:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | BMJ Open 2014, 4(4) | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 2044-6055 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/284090 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To examine if individual risk of unplanned
medical admissions (UMAs) was associated with
municipality general practitioner (GP) or long-term care
(LTC) volume among the entire Norwegian elderly
population.
Design: Cross-sectional population-based study.
Setting: 428 of 430 Norwegian municipalities in 2009.
Partic ipants: All Norwegians aged ≥65 years
(n=721 915; 56% women—15% of the total
population).
Main outcome measure: Individual risk of UMA.
Results: Using a multilevel analytical framework,
consisting of individuals (N=722 464) nested within
municipalities (N=428), nested within local hospital
areas (N=52) we found no association between
municipality GP or LTC volume and UMAs. However,
we found that higher LTC levels of provision were
associated with fewer hospitalisations among the older
age groups. A modest geographical variability was
observed for UMA in adjusted analysis.
Conclus ions: A higher primary healthcare volume was
only associated with fewer UMAs among the oldest old
in a universally accessible healthcare system. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | nb_NO |
dc.relation.uri | http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/4/e004293.full | |
dc.title | Associations between primary healthcare and unplanned medical admissions in Norway: A multilevel analysis of the entire elderly population | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_GB |
dc.date.updated | 2015-02-20T12:14:42Z | |
dc.source.volume | 4 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | BMJ Open | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 4 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004293 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1130825 | |
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