LONG-TERM CARE AROUND THE GLOBE Information Exchange Between General Practitioner and Nursing Home Physician in the Netherlands
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Background: In response to the specific characteristics of nursing home residents, the Netherlands has become the only country to develop the specialty of nursing home medicine. The “nursing home physician” has attained independent status. This development has, however, created a division between medical care in the community and medical care in nursing homes, which challenges the quality of the transitional processes taking place when a patient is admitted to or discharged from nursing home care.
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