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Assessment of medical home care needs in Turkish populationSahinoz, SaimeSahinoz, TurgutEker, Hasan HuseyinUnlu, Suleyman ErsinHome careNeeds assessmentTurkeyObjective: To determine the home healthcare needs of the elderly so as to develop proper home Healthcare Services. Methodology: This descriptive study was carried out in a county of Kocaeli province-Turkey. Data was collected through a specially designed questionnaire through face to face interview technique. The data were analyzed by the computer using the SPSS package program. Chi-square test was used for the statistical analysis. Results: This study showed that 14.6% of the population had at least one diagnosed disease. Among them, 1.8% was disabled, 4.1% was elderly and 1.1% of the households were in need of home care services. Conclusions: Home care needs were found to be low in this study. Its main cause was that elderly population was not aware of the availability of such a service in the country.PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS2010Articlehttps://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/gumushane/156451682-024XenPakistan Journal of Medical Sciencesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://gumushane-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/tr/items/gumushane/15645