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Table 3 Provision and specialisation of nursing home services, n (%)

From: Towards specialised and differentiated long-term care services: a cross-sectional study

Specialised services for

Long-term

273 (98)

Short-term

272 (98)

Rehabilitation

N/A

224 (81)

Palliative care

N/A

194 (70)

Medical intermediate care a

N/A

139 (50)

Dementia care

247 (89)

97 (35)

Reinforced dementia care b

91 (33)

N/A

Psychiatric disorders

35 (13)

51 (18)

Neurological disorders

8 (3)

31 (11)

Substance abuse

15 (5)

29 (10)

  1. N/A (not applicable) means that the specialised service was not one of the multiple-choice options in the survey (e.g. we did not ask about ‘rehabilitation’ for long-term care stays).
  2. a Medical intermediate care is a nursing home unit for people in need of medical care or follow-up after discharge from hospital
  3. b Reinforced dementia care is a nursing home unit for residents with dementia and additional behavioural and psychological symptoms