The role of primary health care in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in 30 European countries: a retrospective descriptive study (Eurodata study) /

Marina Guisado-Clavero; Sara Ares-Blanco; Alice Serafini; Lourdes Ramos Del Rio; Ileana Gefaell Larrondo; Louise Fitzgerald; Shlomo Vinker; Gijs van Pottebergh; Kirsi Valtonen; Bert Vaes; Canan Tuz Yilmaz; Péter Torzsa; Paula Tilli; Theresa Sentker; Bohumil Seifert; Natalija Saurek-Aleksandrovska; Martin Sattler; Goranka Petricek; Ferdinando Petrazzuoli; Davorina Petek; Ábel Perjés; Naldy Parodi López; Ana Luisa Neves; Liubovė Murauskienė; Heidrun Lingner; Katarzyna Nessler; Bruno Heleno; Anna Krztoń-Królewiecka; Milena Kostić; Büsra Çimen Korkmaz; Snežana Knežević; Aleksandar Kirkovski; Vasilis Trifon Karathanos; Marijana Jandrić-Kočić; Shushman Ivanna; Оксана Ільков; Kathryn Hoffmann; Miroslav Hanževački; Mila Gómez-Johansson; Dragan Gjorgjievski; Philippe-Richard J Domeyer; Maryher Delphin Peña; Asja Ćosić Divjak; Iliana-Carmen Busneag; Elena Brutskaya-Stempkovskaya; Sabine Bayen; Maria Bakola; Limor Adler; Radost Assenova; María Pilar Astier-Peña; Raquel Gómez Bravo

doi:10.1017/S1463423623000312

Title	The role of primary health care in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in 30 European countries: a retrospective descriptive study (Eurodata study) /
Authors	Guisado-Clavero, Marina ; Ares-Blanco, Sara ; Serafini, Alice ; Del Rio, Lourdes Ramos ; Larrondo, Ileana Gefaell ; Fitzgerald, Louise ; Vinker, Shlomo ; van Pottebergh, Gijs ; Valtonen, Kirsi ; Vaes, Bert ; Yilmaz, Canan Tuz ; Torzsa, Péter ; Tilli, Paula ; Sentker, Theresa ; Seifert, Bohumil ; Saurek-Aleksandrovska, Natalija ; Sattler, Martin ; Petricek, Goranka ; Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando ; Petek, Davorina ; Perjés, Ábel ; López, Naldy Parodi ; Neves, Ana Luisa ; Murauskienė, Liubovė ; Lingner, Heidrun ; Nessler, Katarzyna ; Heleno, Bruno ; Krztoń-Królewiecka, Anna ; Kostić, Milena ; Korkmaz, Büsra Çimen ; Knežević, Snežana ; Kirkovski, Aleksandar ; Karathanos, Vasilis Trifon ; Jandrić-Kočić, Marijana ; Ivanna, Shushman ; Ільков, Оксана ; Hoffmann, Kathryn ; Hanževački, Miroslav ; Gómez-Johansson, Mila ; Gjorgjievski, Dragan ; Domeyer, Philippe-Richard J ; Peña, Maryher Delphin ; Divjak, Asja Ćosić ; Busneag, Iliana-Carmen ; Brutskaya-Stempkovskaya, Elena ; Bayen, Sabine ; Bakola, Maria ; Adler, Limor ; Assenova, Radost ; Astier-Peña, María Pilar ; Gómez Bravo, Raquel
DOI	10.1017/S1463423623000312
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Is Part of	Primary health care research & development.. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. 2023, vol. 24, art. no. e60, p. [1-8].. ISSN 1463-4236. eISSN 1477-1128
Keywords [eng]	COVID-19 ; long-term care facility ; nursing home ; primary health care
Abstract [eng]	BACKGROUND AND AIM: Primary health care (PHC) supported long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in attending COVID-19 patients. The aim of this study is to describe the role of PHC in LTCFs in Europe during the early phase of the pandemic. METHODS: Retrospective descriptive study from 30 European countries using data from September 2020 collected with an ad hoc semi-structured questionnaire. Related variables are SARS-CoV-2 testing, contact tracing, follow-up, additional testing, and patient care. RESULTS: Twenty-six out of the 30 European countries had PHC involvement in LTCFs during the COVID-19 pandemic. PHC participated in initial medical care in 22 countries, while, in 15, PHC was responsible for SARS-CoV-2 test along with other institutions. Supervision of individuals in isolation was carried out mostly by LTCF staff, but physical examination or symptom's follow-up was performed mainly by PHC. CONCLUSION: PHC has participated in COVID-19 pandemic assistance in LTCFs in coordination with LTCF staff, public health officers, and hospitals.
Published	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Type	Journal article
Language	English
Publication date	2023
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