the government recently decided to establish specialist training for nurses in chronic care outside hospitals with these nurses most probably employed in gp practices and municipal health services regions also invested in multispecialty facilities called health houses which include gps who also serve as coordinators of care specialists and physiotherapists although difficulties in recruiting gps have emerged see section the primary care system appears to be holding up well despite the reductions in acute care activity described previously although avoidable hospital admissions for certain conditions are higher than the eu average see section s