Medical specialist attendance in nursing homes

The care in nursing homes was examined based on scientific studies. The analysis focuses on dementia and type II diabetes. There is evidence for deficits in the supply of medical specialist attendance to nursing home residents with these diseases in Germany. Compared with corresponding guidelines th...

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Autores principales: Balzer, Katrin, Butz, Stefanie, Bentzel, Jenny, Boulkhemair, Dalila, Lühmann, Dagmar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23755088
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/hta000108
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Sumario:The care in nursing homes was examined based on scientific studies. The analysis focuses on dementia and type II diabetes. There is evidence for deficits in the supply of medical specialist attendance to nursing home residents with these diseases in Germany. Compared with corresponding guidelines the medical care for nursing home residents may be too low or inadequate.

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