title: Medical specialist attendance in nursing homes.
abstract: The care in nursing homes was examined based on scientific studies. The analysis focuses on dementia and type II diabetes. There is evidence for deficits in the supply of medical specialist attendance to nursing home residents with these diseases in Germany. Compared with corresponding guidelines the medical care for nursing home residents may be too low or inadequate.
authors.affiliation: Nursing research group, Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Balzer
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Butz
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bentzel
authors.forename: Dalila
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boulkhemair
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lühmann
keywords: Germany; aged; delivery of health care, integrated; nursing homes; primary health care