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Towards specialised and differentiated long-term care services: a cross-sectional study
Hanne Marie Rostad, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner, Ragnhild Hellesø, Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad. BMC health services research, 2020-08-26
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Specialised care services were highly prevalent. For example, there were nursing home units specialising in dementia care (89%) and rehabilitation (81%) and home care teams for dementia care (79%) and reablement (76%). Approximately two-thirds of our sample were categorised as having high availability of specialisation in nursing home and home care services. The larger, more central municipalities had higher availability of specialisation compared to medium-sized and small, less central municipalities. Our study indicates that a majority of nursing homes and home care services provide specialised and differentiated services that serve patient groups of different ages and diagnoses. Municipalities' population size and centrality are associated with availability of specialised services in nursing homes and home care services.
Key findings
- Specialised care services were highly prevalent.
- For example, there were nursing home units specialising in dementia care (89%) and rehabilitation (81%) and home care teams for dementia care (79%) and reablement (76%).
- Approximately two-thirds of our sample were categorised as having high availability of specialisation in nursing home and home care services.
- The larger, more central municipalities had higher availability of specialisation compared to medium-sized and small, less central municipalities.
- Our study indicates that a majority of nursing homes and home care services provide specialised and differentiated services that serve patient groups of different ages and diagnoses.
Study details
- Study designcross-sectional
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 46/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a snapshot of people at one point in time. Scored zero for sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 26 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 46 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (BMC health services research) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 4 / 12 | A snapshot of people at one point in time |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2020 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 32843038) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 26 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 26 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 46 out of 100. |
| Total | 46 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Rostad, H. M., Skinner, M. S., Hellesø, R., & Sogstad, M. K. R. (2020). Towards specialised and differentiated long-term care services: a cross-sectional study. BMC health services research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05647-y
Vancouver
Rostad HM, Skinner MS, Hellesø R, Sogstad MKR. Towards specialised and differentiated long-term care services: a cross-sectional study. BMC health services research. 2020. doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05647-y. PMID: 32843038.
BibTeX
@article{rostad2020-32843038,
author = {Rostad, Hanne Marie and Skinner, Marianne Sundlisæter and Hellesø, Ragnhild and Sogstad, Maren Kristine Raknes},
title = {{Towards specialised and differentiated long-term care services: a cross-sectional study}},
journal = {BMC health services research},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1186/s12913-020-05647-y},
pmid = {32843038},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05647-y}
}
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