Nursing home physicians are not often consulted by general practitioners. Compared to 7 years ago even a decline in the consultation frequency has occurred. Paradoxically, the current trend in chronic care to offer care and treatment as long as possible in the home situation of patients, leads to a situation in which Dutch nursing homes offer more and more complementary nursing and medical support to community care for chronically ill and disabled patients, still living at home. This trend stresses also the importance of more collaboration between general practitioners and nursing home physicians. Further research concerning the added value of this collaboration is necessary
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