The impact of primary health care services, continuity of care and patterns of care on mortality and hospitalisation-related outcomes in residents of long-term care facilities: a comprehensive national evaluation.

Introduction High-quality evidence on the benefits of primary care in long-term care (LTC) is lacking. This study investigated the effect of primary health care services, continuity of care and care patterns on the risk of mortality and hospitalisation-related outcomes in LTC facility residents. Met...

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Published in:	Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors:	Inacio, Maria C, Schwabe, Johannes, Crotty, Maria, Williams, Helena, Wesselingh, Steve L, Kellie, Andrew, Roder, David, Nixon, Krystal-Lee, Harvey, Gillian, Sluggett, Janet K
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Feb2026
Subjects:	Medical quality control Primary health care Hospital care Retrospective studies Psychosocial factors Mortality risk factors Risk assessment Nursing home residents Research funding Long-term health care Continuum of care Reporting of diseases Descriptive statistics Longitudinal method Kaplan-Meier estimator Medical records Acquisition of data Health outcome assessment Confidence intervals Proportional hazards models Regression analysis
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