Title |
Geriatric consultation services-are wards more effective than teams?
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Published in |
BMC Medicine, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-11-49 |
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Authors |
Ian D Cameron, Susan Kurrle |
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. |
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