Impact of an acute geriatric outreach service to residential aged care facilities on hospital admissions
Abstract Introduction Residential aged care facility (RACF) residents frequently present to the emergency department (ED) and are often admitted to hospital. Some presentations and admissions may be avoidable. In 2013, Bankstown‐Lidcombe Hospital introduced a subacute geriatric outreach service (SGO...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Aging Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/agm2.12176 |