TY - JOUR
T1 - Older people receiving public long-term care in relation to consumption of medical health care and informal care
AU - Karlsson, Staffan
AU - Edberg, Anna-Karin
AU - Westergren, Albert
AU - Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The aim of the study was to investigate medical health care and informal care consumption among older people receiving public long-term care, and factors associated with medical health care consumption. 1958 persons aged 65 years and over were included. Data were collected from two registers, including demography, functional ability and received long-term, informal and medical health care. 35% of those at home were admitted to hospital and 76% had contact with outpatient care by physician compared to 26% and 87% respectively of those in special accommodation. Living in special accommodation was associated with more contacts with primary health care and fewer contacts with specialist care other than psychiatric care. Informal care was associated with more contacts with primary health care, specialist care, admissions to and days in hospital. More elderly people being cared for at home may mean more hospital and outpatient care consumption.
AB - The aim of the study was to investigate medical health care and informal care consumption among older people receiving public long-term care, and factors associated with medical health care consumption. 1958 persons aged 65 years and over were included. Data were collected from two registers, including demography, functional ability and received long-term, informal and medical health care. 35% of those at home were admitted to hospital and 76% had contact with outpatient care by physician compared to 26% and 87% respectively of those in special accommodation. Living in special accommodation was associated with more contacts with primary health care and fewer contacts with specialist care other than psychiatric care. Informal care was associated with more contacts with primary health care, specialist care, admissions to and days in hospital. More elderly people being cared for at home may mean more hospital and outpatient care consumption.
KW - Aged 80 and over
KW - informal caregiver
KW - medical care
KW - public long-term care
KW - utilization
U2 - 10.2174/1874827900801010001
DO - 10.2174/1874827900801010001
M3 - Article
SN - 1874-8279
VL - 1
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - The Open Geriatric Medicine Journal
JF - The Open Geriatric Medicine Journal
ER -