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dc.contributor.authorGraverholt, Birgitteen_US
dc.contributor.authorRiise, Tronden_US
dc.contributor.authorJamtvedt, Groen_US
dc.contributor.authorRanhoff, Anette Hylenen_US
dc.contributor.authorKrüger, Kjellen_US
dc.contributor.authorNortvedt, Monica Wammenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-20T13:02:19Z
dc.date.available2012-01-20T13:02:19Z
dc.date.issued2011-05-26eng
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/5479
dc.description.abstractBackground: Nursing home residents are prone to acute illness due to their high age, underlying illnesses and immobility. We examined the incidence of acute hospital admissions among nursing home residents versus the age-matched community dwelling population in a geographically defined area during a two years period. The hospital stays of the nursing home population are described according to diagnosis, length of stay and mortality. Similar studies have previously not been reported in Scandinavia. Methods: The acute hospitalisations of the nursing home residents were identified through ambulance records. These were linked to hospital patient records for inclusion of demographics, diagnosis at discharge, length of stay and mortality. Incidence of hospitalisation was calculated based on patient-time at risk. Results: The annual hospital admission incidence was 0.62 admissions per person-year among the nursing home residents and 0.26 among the community dwellers. In the nursing home population we found that dominant diagnoses were respiratory diseases, falls-related and circulatory diseases, accounting for 55% of the cases. The median length of stay was 3 days (interquartile range = 4). The in-hospital mortality rate was 16% and 30 day mortality after discharge 30%. Conclusion: Acute hospital admission rate among nursing home residents was high in this Scandinavian setting. The pattern of diagnoses causing the admissions appears to be consistent with previous research. The in-hospital and 30 day mortality rates are high.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.relation.ispartof<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1956/7868" target="blank">Acute hospital admissions from nursing homes. Rates and characteristics; unwarranted variation and effects of interventions to reduce them</a>eng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/eng
dc.subjectPatient admissioneng
dc.subjectNursing homeeng
dc.titleAcute hospital admissions among nursing home residents: a population-based observational studyen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 Graverholt et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.source.articlenumber126
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-126
dc.identifier.cristin839035
dc.source.journalBMC Health Services Research
dc.source.4011
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Health service and health administration research: 806eng


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