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Table 2 Describes the organisation, size and geography of included municipalities

From: A qualitative study of what care workers do to provide patient safety at home through telecare

Municipality

Integration and organisation of the social alarm

Size and geography

1

The municipality was changing to digital alarms. When the alarm was activated there was a direct connection to home care workers

Mid-size city in the Inland region with 30,000 inhabitants.

2

They had both analogue and digital alarms. A private call centre received alarm calls and allocated them further to home care services

Rural location on an island in the north of Norway with 2600 inhabitants.

3

They had analogue alarms and were trying out digital alarms with added devices. The alarms calls were received at a public call centre and allocated further to home care services.

Mid-size rural location in the Inland with 8000 inhabitants

4

They had analogue alarms and were trying out digital alarms with added devices to new user groups. The alarms calls were received at a public call centre and allocated further to home care services.

Mid-size rural location in the Inland with 13,000 inhabitants

5

They had an analogue alarm system and were trying out a digital new system.

Rural location in the mountains with less than 2000 inhabitants