General practice encounters with older Australians

O'Halloran, Julie; Britt, Helena

doi:10.1111/j.1741-6612.2004.00002.x

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“…Furthermore, the most common RFE by chapter was "A General and unspecified", and the proportion increased with higher age. A similar result was found in an Australian study [37], but the results were from general practice and not an OOH setting, which may affect the sample of patients and RFEs. Chapter "A General and unspecified" has previously proven to be common among all age groups [28].…”

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Contact characteristics and factors associated with the degree of urgency among older people in emergency primary health care: a cross-sectional study

Haraldseide

Sortland

Hunskaar

et al. 2020

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: As the proportion of older people increases, so will the consumption of health services. The aim of this study was to describe the contact characteristics among older people and to identify factors associated with the degree of urgency at the Norwegian out-of-hours (OOH) emergency primary health care services. Methods: Inhabitants aged ≥70 years who contacted the OOH service during 2014-2017 in seven OOH districts in Norway were included. We investigated the variables sex, age, time of contact, mode of contact, ICPC-2 based reason for encounter (RFE), priority degree and initial response. We also performed frequency analyses, rate calculations and a log-binomial regression. Results: A total of 38,293 contacts were registered. The contact rate/1000 inhabitants/year was three times higher in the oldest age group (≥90 years) compared to the youngest age group (70-74 years). Direct attendance accounted for 8.4% of the contacts and 32.8% were telephone contacts from health professionals. The most frequent RFE chapter used was "A General and unspecified" (21.0%) which also showed an increasing rate with higher age. 6.0% of the contacts resulted in a home visit from a doctor. Variables significantly associated with urgent priority degree were RFEs regarding cardiovascular (Relative risk (

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confidence: 84%

Contact characteristics and factors associated with the degree of urgency among older people in emergency primary health care: a cross-sectional study

Haraldseide

Sortland

Hunskaar

et al. 2020

BMC Health Serv Res

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General health, wellbeing and oral health of patients older than 75 years attending health assessments

Keuskamp

Amarasena

Balasubramanian

et al. 2018

Aust. J. Prim. Health

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Annual health assessments by general practices for community-dwelling people aged 75 years and over are important for the early intervention and monitoring of chronic health conditions, including oral disease. Uptake of the health assessment to date has been poor, and little is known of the general and oral health profile of patients. Older patients attending health assessments at general practices in South Australia were sampled for this study. Data on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, and patients' general and oral health, were collected by mailed questionnaire from 459 respondents. By comparison with national estimates, patients attending health assessments fared worse in many of the measures, such as self-rated general health, quality of life and the prevalence of most chronic conditions, as well as their socioeconomic circumstances. Also identified were a high degree of nutritional risk and clear need for oral health treatment, with poor self-rated oral health being three-fold higher than the national age-eligible population. Patients attending health assessments would likely benefit from nutritional screening (by a validated tool) and specific assessment of their oral health and dentition, supported by appropriate referral or intervention.

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General practice encounters with older Australians

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Contact characteristics and factors associated with the degree of urgency among older people in emergency primary health care: a cross-sectional study

Contact characteristics and factors associated with the degree of urgency among older people in emergency primary health care: a cross-sectional study

General health, wellbeing and oral health of patients older than 75 years attending health assessments

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