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Saturday allied health services for geriatric evaluation and management: A controlled before‐and‐after trial.
- Source :
- Australasian Journal on Ageing; Mar2020, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p64-72, 9p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Objective: To assess the effect of Saturday allied health services on a geriatric evaluation and management ward. Methods: A controlled before‐and‐after trial at two wards. Allied health services were added to usual weekday staffing on Saturdays for 6 months on the experimental ward. Length of stay, functional independence, readmissions, discharge destination and costs were evaluated at pre‐intervention (N = 331) and intervention (N = 462). Results: Relative to the comparison ward, the experimental ward had longer length of stay (mean 7.8 days, 95% CI 4.7‐10.8), fewer readmissions (mean 3.1 days, 95% CI 0.6‐5.7) and no difference in the proportion discharged home. Cost‐effectiveness demonstrated no significant difference in cost ($2639, 95% CI $‐386 to $5647) and functional independence gain (3.6 units, 95% CI 0.8‐6.5) favouring the experimental ward. Conclusion: These findings do not support the provision of additional Saturday allied health services in geriatric evaluation and management to reduce length of stay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14406381
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australasian Journal on Ageing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 142159885
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12669