Stayin' alive

The introduction of municipal in-patient acute care units was associated with reduced mortality and fewer hospital readmissions

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ID4589340
AutoresGeir Haakon Hilland (0000-0003-0710-5350, SINTEF), Terje P Hagen (0000-0002-1613-3014, University of Oslo), Pål Erling Martinussen (0000-0003-2280-5152, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Ano2023
Volume326
Páginas115912
Data de publicação2023-06-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115912
PMID37104970
OpenAlexW4366483555
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas37

Our findings indicate that the shift towards intermediate care through the introduction of MAUs has increased performance within the public healthcare sector in Norway. Our findings indicate that the introduction of MAU have had a positive public health impact by lowering the mortality and readmission rates for the oldest population cohort in Norway. Our findings suggests that countries with comparatively similar healthcare systems as Norway could achieve similar benefits from implementing intermediate care in the form of somatic medical institutions in the local communities

Acute care · Cohort · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Mortality rate · Norwegian · Population · Public health · Public sector · Retrospective cohort study · Scarcity · Demography · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine

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