Medical specialty | Nursing home residents | Home care recipients | Given at least one diagnosis from the following disease categories | ||
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Reference group: Older people without need of long-term care | |||||
No visit | Number of visits | No visit | Number of visits | ||
Internal medicine | + | – | + | + | Arthropathy, coronary disease, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, hypertension, mono- and polyneuropathy, metabolic disorders |
+ | – | + | o | Cerebrovascular disease, respiratory disease | |
+ | o | + | + | Nutrition-related disease, intestinal disease, renal failure, thyroid disorders | |
+ | o | + | o | Palsy/paresis, Parkinson’s disease | |
+ | Â | + | Â | Motor impairmenta | |
Cardiology | + | – | + | o | Coronary disease, heart disease, hypertension |
Ophthalmology | + | o | + | + | Diseases of the eye |
Orthopedics | + | – | + | – | Arthropathy, osteopathy and chondropathy, spinal disease |
+ | Â | + | Â | Motor impairmenta | |
+ | o | + | o | Injury | |
Gynecology | + | o | + | o | Urinary tract disease, disorders of female genital tract |
Urology | + | o | + | o | Urinary tract disease |
o | o | + | o | Prostate disease | |
Surgery | o | o | o | o | Skin disease, injury |
Dermatology | + | o | + | o | Bedsore/decubitus |
o | o | + | o | Skin disease | |
Otolaryngology | o | + | + | – | Diseases of the ear |
Nephrology | + | o | o | + | Renal failure |
Pneumology | + | o | + | o | Respiratory disease |
Psychiatry /Neurology | – | + | – | + | Dementia-related disease |
o | + | – | + | Depression | |
– | + | o | + | Palsy/paresis, Parkinson’s disease, cerebrovascular disease | |
– | + | o | o | Neuroses, mental disorders and disorders due to psychoactive substance use, delusional/personality disorders | |
– | + | + | + | Mono- and polyneuropathy |