Needs and availability of medical specialists’ and allied health professionals’ visits in German nursing homes: a cross-sectional study of nursing home staff

Table 2 Contacts of nursing homes to various medical specialists and allied health professionals

	Proportion of nursing homes with regular contact^a	Number of different professionals in nursing homes^a Mean (SD); Median [IQR]
Medical specialists
Psychiatrist/Neurologist	90.4% (n = 481)^b	1.6 (0.8); 1 [1–2] (n = 426)^b
Dentist	84.8% (n = 479)^b	1.5 (0.8); 1 [1–2] (n = 391)^b
Urologist	57.3% (n = 473)^b	1.5 (1.0); 1 [1–2] (n = 264)^b
Otorhinolaryngologist	38.8% (n = 477)^b	1.2 (0.6); 1 [1–1] (n = 182)^b
Ophthalmologist	18.1% (n = 469)^b	1.2 (0.5); 1 [1–1] (n = 85)^b
Allied health professionals
Physiotherapist	97.1% (n = 484)^b	3.8 (2.3); 3 [2–5] (n = 442)^b
Speech therapist	85.0% (n = 474)^b	1.8 (0.9); 2 [1–2] (n = 382)^b
Hearing aid acoustician	44.3% (n = 474)^b	1.3 (0.6); 1 [1–1] (n = 202)^b
Optometrist	32.6% (n = 469)^b	1.2 (0.5); 1 [1–1] (n = 147)^b

SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range
^aRegular is defined as at least one contact to one nursing home resident in the last twelve months
^bNumbers differ because of missing values

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