Hospital and nursing home stays in Switzerland

Demographic ageing and the increasing prevalence of chronic disease are substantial challenges for the healthcare system in developed countries. In a first project part it could be shown, that non-medical factors significantly influenced patients’ place of
death and the pathways of care in hospitals and nursing homes. A special focus
of this project is on hospitalizations of nursing home residents. The medical benefit
of these referrals is controversial, all the more as representative data concerning
the practice of hospitalization of LTC inhabitants in Switzerland is lacking.

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• Record Linkage der Todesfälle in der Medizinischen Statistik der
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