A complex health services intervention to improve medical care in long-term care homes: study protocol of the controlled coordinated medical care (CoCare) study

• Main Authors: Boris A. Brühmann (Author), Christina Reese (Author), Klaus Kaier (Author), Margrit Ott (Author), Christoph Maurer (Author), Simone Kunert (Author), Bruno R. Saurer (Author), Erik Farin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Deficits in general and specialized on-site medical care are a common problem in nursing homes and can lead to unnecessary, costly and burdensome hospitalizations for residents. Reasons for this are often organizational obstacles (such as lack of infrastructure or communication c...