Utilization of Municipal Healthcare Services Among High-Cost Older Patients in Norwegian Somatic Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Registry Study
Morten Lønhaug-Næss, Monika Dybdahl Jakobsen, Bodil H. Blix, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Jill-Marit Moholt · 2025
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Morten Lonhaug-Naess and co-authors track town care use by costly old patients in Norway in a 2025 study. The top tenth of old patients by cost use a large share of hospital funds. Their needs oft run past discharge into town run care.
State lists held near one hundred ninety thousand old patients with urgent hospital contact. One in ten met the high cost mark. Town care odds were matched by age band and by cost state. A third of all patients got some town service in the year. The split shows where hospital and town care must join hands.
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| CREATOR | Morten Lønhaug-Næss, Monika Dybdahl Jakobsen, Bodil H. Blix, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Jill-Marit Moholt |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |