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Table 1 Scenario questions on transfers between Nursing Homes and Emergency Care Facilities in Norway

From: Areas of consensus on unwarranted and warranted transfers between nursing homes and emergency care facilities in Norway: a Delphi study

Take as a starting point the situation in the norwegian health care system in 2023 as you know it. how much do you agree with the following statements: transfer of a patient with a long term care stay in a nursing home to an emergency care facility should mainly not happen:

When a transfer reduces residents expected lifetime significantly

When a transfer reduces life quality for the resident in the long run

When a non-transfer preference was expressed in preliminary talk at the NH

When a transfer has significant delirium risk attached to it

When the resident expresses transfer is not wanted

When next of kin expresses transfer is not wanted

When the resident is in a palliative state

Take as a starting point the situation in the norwegian health care system in 2023 as you know it. how much do you agree with the following statements: transfer of a patient with a long term care stay in a nursing home to an emergency care facility should mainly happen:

When the condition remain unclear after MD assessment at the Nursing Home

When the residents condition was good before the incidence with acute functional decline occured

When next of kin expresses that a transfer is wanted

When the resident expresses that a transfer is wanted

When a transfer for a surgical operation could be pain-reliving for the resident