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A cross-sectional study of Swiss ambulatory care services use by multimorbid patients in primary care in the light of the Andersen model

Published inBMC Family Practice, vol. 21, no. 1, 150
Publication date2020
Abstract

Multimorbidity is frequently encountered in primary care and is associated with increasing use of healthcare services. The Andersen Behavioral Model of Health Services Use is a multilevel framework classifying societal, contextual, and individual characteristics about the use of healthcare services into three categories: 1. predisposing factors, 2. enabling factors, and 3. need factors. The present study aimed to explore multimorbid patients' use of ambulatory healthcare in terms of homecare and other allied health services, visits to GPs, and number of specialists involved. A secondary aim was to apply Andersen's model to explore factors associated with this use.

Keywords
  • Primary care
  • Healthcare use
  • Multimorbidity
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MESSI, Mia et al. A cross-sectional study of Swiss ambulatory care services use by multimorbid patients in primary care in the light of the Andersen model. In: BMC Family Practice, 2020, vol. 21, n° 1, p. 150. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-01221-x
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