Economic Evaluation of a General Hospital Unit for Older People with Delirium and Dementia (TEAM Randomised Controlled Trial).

BACKGROUND:One in three hospital acute medical admissions is of an older person with cognitive impairment. Their outcomes are poor and the quality of their care in hospital has been criticised. A specialist unit to care for older people with delirium and dementia (the Medical and Mental Health Unit,...

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Main Authors: Lukasz Tanajewski, Matthew Franklin, Georgios Gkountouras, Vladislav Berdunov, Rowan H Harwood, Sarah E Goldberg, Lucy E Bradshaw, John R F Gladman, Rachel A Elliott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4687694?pdf=render