ArticleInternational journal of integrated care2019
Municipal Acute Units as Part of the Clinical Pathway for Older Patients.
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- Providing effective and efficient hospital admission avoidance inpatient care: a systematic realist review of Norwegian municipal inpatient acute care services.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
- Factors influencing the implementation of early discharge hospital at home and admission avoidance hospital at home: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Municipal intermediate care services in Denmark and Norway: a cross-country comparative analysis.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Mobile emergency department care to nursing home residents: a novel outreach service.Age and ageing · 2023Observational
- Finding good alternatives to hospitalisation: a data register study in five municipal acute wards in Norway.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Barriers and facilitators of appropriate antibiotic use in primary care institutions after an antibiotic quality improvement program - a nested qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
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- Healthcare professionals' experiences with highly qualified nurses working in acute care teams in primary healthcare settings.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2021Article
- What if something happens tonight? A qualitative study of primary care physicians' perspectives on an alternative to hospital admittance.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Intersectoral Ward Rounds on Patients Admitted to Temporary Twenty-Four-Hour Accommodations in Denmark: Case Study.International journal of integrated careArticle
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Abstract
introductionSince 2016, Norwegian municipalities have been obliged to provide municipal acute 24-hour services representing a service before or instead of hospital treatment. This study explores two municipal acute units (MAUs) as part of the clinical pathway for older patients.
methodsPatients and healthcare providers from MAUs, purchaser offices, home-based nursing, and physicians were interviewed. Interview transcripts were analysed using systematic text condensation.
resultsThe collaboration between the MAU staff and the GPs, the purchaser offices and the home-based services is described as challenging, mostly due to disagreement regarding patients' admission and discharge. The providers' different understanding seems to derive especially from where they are working in a way that suits their own work functions.An exigent collaboration between providers in the MAUs and their collaborative partners hampers the clinical pathway for older patients in the municipal healthcare service. CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION: When a new healthcare service such as an MAU becomes a part of the clinical pathway in a municipality, it is important to invest a considerable effort in measures designed to strengthen relational and structural collaboration to make the clinical pathway smooth.
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