OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of the remuneration system, municipality, doctor, and patient characteristics on general practitioners' choices between surgery and home visits. DESIGN Prospective registration of patient contacts during one week for 116 general practitioners (GPs). SETTING General practice in rural areas of northern Norway. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Type of GP visit (surgery ...

PROBLEM ADDRESSED There has been a decline in family physicians providing home visits to housebound patients. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM To increase family medicine residents' exposure to home visits; their comfort and skills in providing home visits; and their willingness to provide home visits after graduation. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Between 2000 and 2010, each family practice resident at St Josep...

BACKGROUND Home visits are part of general practice work in Germany. Within the context of an expanding elderly population and a decreasing number of general practitioner (GPs), open questions regarding the organisation and adequacy of GPs' care in immobile patients remain. To answer these questions, we will conduct a representative primary data collection concerning contents and organisation o...

BACKGROUND Home healthcare services are important in aging societies worldwide. The present nationwide study of health insurance data examined the utilization and delivery patterns, including diagnostic indications, for home healthcare services used by seniors in Taiwan. METHODS Patients ≥65 years of age who received home healthcare services during 2004 under the Taiwanese National Health Ins...

BACKGROUND Home visits are claimed to be a central element of primary care. However, the frequency with which home visits are made is declining both internationally and in Germany despite the increase in the number of chronically ill elderly patients. Given this, the question arises as to how to ensure sufficient primary health care for this vulnerable patient group. The aim of this study was t...

The proportion of general practitioners using deputising services increased from 38% in 2005e06 to 48% in 2014e15. The data presented by Joe et al show a concomitant increase in the number of home and nursing home visits by the MMDS for those over 70 years of age, with the booking rate rising over the 5-year period from 33 to 40 per 1000 people over 70 years of age for home visits, and from 121...