Sofie A. Arvidsson, Karol R. Biegus, Anne W. Ekdahl
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Abstract
AbstractSection Aim
Does a mobile geriatric acute team (GAT) emanating from a geriatric ward decrease emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations and length of stay in hospital?
AbstractSection Findings
There was no observed overall reduction in ED visits, hospitalizations or days spent in hospital for the participants. However, the participants who lived in nursing homes or were referred to GAT by ambulance (in total 39%), and all the participants getting intravenous antibiotics experienced a significant reduction in all these outcomes and consequently a reduction in costs of hospital care.
AbstractSection Message
The results suggest that geriatric acute mobile teams do not reduce ED visits, hospitalisations, and length of stay in hospital overall. However, they might reduce healthcare use in some subgroups.
期刊介绍:
European Geriatric Medicine is the official journal of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS). Launched in 2010, this journal aims to publish the highest quality material, both scientific and clinical, on all aspects of Geriatric Medicine.
The EUGMS is interested in the promotion of Geriatric Medicine in any setting (acute or subacute care, rehabilitation, nursing homes, primary care, fall clinics, ambulatory assessment, dementia clinics..), and also in functionality in old age, comprehensive geriatric assessment, geriatric syndromes, geriatric education, old age psychiatry, models of geriatric care in health services, and quality assurance.