Table 2.

Types of home care services required for patients with different diagnosis classifications.

Care service	Category 1		Category 2		Category 3
	n = 47		n = 285		n = 95
	No. of persons	%	No. of persons	%	No. of persons	%
General physical examinations	45	95.7	246	86.3	79	83.2
Monitoring of vital signs	46	97.9	261	91.6	87	91.6
Nursing instruction (nutrition, medication)	45	95.7	262	91.9	86	90.5
Injections (I.M., S.C., I.V.)	2	4.3	16	5.6	18	18.9
Adding medication to IV bags (chemotherapy, pain management)	0	0.0	5	1.8	17	17.9
Passive joint movement	25	53.2	178	62.5	38	40.0
Changing catheters and catheter bags	24	51.1	125	43.9	45	47.4
Oral care	11	23.4	98	34.4	31	32.6
Suppository administration	3	6.4	19	6.7	1	1.1
Sending test samples	10	21.3	62	21.8	25	26.3
Drawing blood for tests (blood sugar, etc.)	12	25.5	85	29.8	31	32.6
IV bags (blood transfusions)	0	0.0	10	3.5	15	15.8
Testing for drug reactions	0	0.0	2	0.7	3	3.2
Bathing	3	6.4	17	6.0	8	8.4
Washing hair	0	0.0	3	1.1	1	1.1
Catheterization	5	10.6	25	8.8	7	7.4
Enema	0	0.0	11	3.9	4	4.2
Inserting or changing nasogastric tubes	21	44.7	203	71.2	38	40.0
Respiratory tract suction (removal of sputum)	5	10.6	62	21.8	21	22.1
Postural drainage	4	8.5	27	9.5	5	5.3
Changing medication	14	29.8	106	37.2	32	33.7
Removal of faecal impaction	2	4.3	14	4.9	7	7.4
Lavage of anus praeter naturalis	1	2.1	1	0.4	1	1.1
Cystostomy and gastrostomy care	1	2.1	5	1.8	4	4.2
Bladder irrigation	3	6.4	13	4.6	6	6.3
Perineum washing	4	8.5	28	9.8	6	6.3
Changing tracheotomy tube	4	8.5	48	16.8	17	17.9
Tracheotomy incision	4	8.5	37	13.0	12	12.6
Steam inhalation therapy	1	2.1	15	5.3	4	4.2
Equipment rental	3	6.4	6	2.1	3	3.2
Other	0	0.0	3	1.1	6	6.3