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| Transfers between levels of care in a system of long-term care for the elderly and disabled | | Author(s) | Mårten Lagergren |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 15, no 1, Spring 1996 |
| Pages | pp 97-111 |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Organisation of care ; Long term ; Medical care ; Sheltered housing ; Care homes ; Admission ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | This paper describes and analyses the patterns of transfer of clients between different levels of care in an area-based system of long-term care in Solna, Sweden, from 1985-1991. Transfers between levels of care occurred in both directions, but frequency of downward transfers were small compared with upward - especially for sheltered housing and residential homes. For all levels of care there were great variations in disability among entering clients, suggesting non-systematic assessment procedures for admissions. An analysis of changes over time in patterns of transfer illustrated the interdependence of different levels of care. Reduced resources in long-term hospital care resulted in near blocking of transfers from residential homes and increased average disability for admitted patients in general. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970212008 A |
| Classmark | BN: P: 4Q: LK: KLA: KW: QKH: 76P |
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