Needs-based provision of medical care to nursing home residents: protocol for a mixed-methods study.

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Abstract
Nursing home residents typically have greater needs for medical care than community-dwelling elderly. However, restricted cognitive abilities and limited mobility may impede their access to general practitioners and medical specialists. The provision of medical care in nursing homes may therefore be inappropriate in some areas of medical care. The purpose of this mixed-methods study is to systematically assess, evaluate and explain met and unmet medical care needs in German nursing homes and to develop solutions where medical care is found to be inappropriate.First, statutory health insurance claims data are analysed to identify differences in the utilisation of medical care between nursing home residents and community-dwelling elderly with and without need for long-term care. Second, the health status and medical care of 500 nursing home residents are assessed and evaluated to quantify met and unmet medical care needs. Third, qualitative expert interviews and case conferences and, fourth, quantitative analyses of linked data are used to provide structural, case-specific and generalisable explanations of inappropriate medical care among nursing home residents. Fifth, a modified Delphi study is employed to develop pilot projects aiming to improve medical care in nursing homes.This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Bremen on 23 November 2017. Research findings are disseminated through presentations at national and international conferences and publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.DRKS00012383.
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Authors Czwikla, Jonas;Schulz, Maike;Heinze, Franziska;Kalwitzki, Thomas;Gand, Daniel;Schmidt, Annika;Tsiasioti, Chrysanthi;Schwinger, Antje;Kloep, Stephan;Schmiemann, Guido;Wolf-Ostermann, Karin;Gerhardus, Ansgar;Rothgang, Heinz;
Journal BMJ open
Year 2019
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10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025614
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