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Geriatric consultation services-are wards more effective than teams?
- Source :
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BMC Medicine . 2013, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-3. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Geriatric consultation teams are one of the models for bringing comprehensive geriatric assessment to vulnerable and frail older people in the acute care hospital setting. While ward-based comprehensive geriatric assessment has been established as effective with reference to improving functional status and other outcomes, the team-based variant remains unproven for outcomes other than mortality in the medium term, as shown in a recent study published in BMC Medicine by Deschodt and colleagues. Further research might establish the effectiveness of the team-based model but, for current clinical practice, the emphasis should be on streaming older people with complex problems needing multidisciplinary assessment and treatment to ward-based models of comprehensive geriatric assessment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GERIATRICS
*OLDER people
*HOSPITAL care
*MORTALITY
*MULTIDISCIPLINARY practices
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17417015
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BMC Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90241090
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-49