Impact of a complex health services intervention in long-term care nursing homes on 3-year overall survival: results from the CoCare study
Klaus Kaier,
Boris A. Brühmann,
Stefan Fetzer
et al.
Abstract:Background
The Coordinated medical Care (CoCare) project aimed to improve the quality of medical care in nursing homes by optimizing collaboration between nurses and physicians. We analyze the impact of the CoCare intervention on overall survival.
Methods
The effect of time-varying treatment on 3-year overall survival was analyzed with treatment as time-varying covariate within the entire cohort. To reduce bias due to non-random assignment to treat… Show more
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