General practitioners attached to elderly care institutions

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To improve the quality of health care for elderly in residential care institutions, the project consists of attaching general practitioners to these institutions. An evaluation shows that this reduces admissions into hospitals and elderly’s use of medicine and increases the satisfaction of all actors involved.

Author: Jon Kvist