2024/06/24 by Loft, Mia Ingerslev, Berthelsen, Connie
paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/g4dvf
As the elderly population increases nationally and internationally so does the number of hospitalisations. Twenty-five percent of people over 65 years of age are admitted to the hospital every year. Although some hospital admissions may be necessary, other hospital admissions within this population could have been prevented. Especially if the elderly are in contact with healthcare professionals within the municipality. The proposed integrative review aims to summarise and compare the characteristics of Danish elderly people receiving home care, home nursing or living in nursing homes and the associations with hospital admissions compared to older citizens without municipality care. Whittemore & Knafl’s five-step integrative review approach was chosen for the strength of the design in summarising and comparing literature from research and grey literature.