Receiving home care forms and the risk for emergency department visits in community-dwelling Dutch older adults, a retrospective cohort study using national data

• मुख्य लेखकों: Oscar S Smeekes (लेखक), Tim R De Boer (लेखक), Robert D Van Der Mei (लेखक), Bianca M Buurman (लेखक), Hanna C Willems (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Abstract Background Older adults receiving home care have a higher risk of visiting the emergency department (ED) than community-dwelling older adults not receiving home care. This may result from a higher incidence of comorbidities and reduced functional autonomy in home care recipients. Since peop...