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Table 2 Direct and indirect activities

From: A prospective investigation of direct and indirect home care activities in three rural Norwegian municipalities

Group

Activity

M1

M2

M3

Total

Direct care

Direct

5110

5859

6728

17,697

Indirect care

Drive

5935

6111

7000

19,046

Adm

1107

999

1341

3447

Report

659

578

1202

2439

Teach

20

20

44

84

Docu

1680

402

692

2774

Drug

179

127

251

557

Total

14,690

14,096

17,258

46,044

  1. i) “Drive” refers to driving or walking to/from the patients, including driving associated with food deliveries to the patients; (ii) “Adm” refers to administration, such as staff meetings, communication with other health providers, designing care plans, case management, tasks that involve other departments (e.g., the lab), and planning and support activities; (iii) “Report” refers to oral reports made between shifts; (iv) “Docu” refers to documentation, such as writing individual reports for a patient after each visit or other incidents; (v) “Drug” refers to preparing dispensers with medication for individual patients; and (vi) “Teach” refers to education, including teaching and training at the department level and external courses