Differences in medical specialist utilization among older people in need of long-term care - results from German health claims data

• Main Authors: Maike Schulz (Author), Jonas Czwikla (Author), Chrysanthi Tsiasioti (Author), Antje Schwinger (Author), Daniel Gand (Author), Guido Schmiemann (Author), Annika Schmidt (Author), Karin Wolf-Ostermann (Author), Stephan Kloep (Author), Franziska Heinze (Author), Heinz Rothgang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Elderly in need of long-term care tend to have worse health and have higher need of medical care than elderly without need for long-term care. Yet, characteristics associated with long-term care need can impede health care access: Higher levels of long-term care need come with ph...