Discharge Planning: Screening Older Patients for Multidisciplinary Team Referral

The objective was to determine whether the Elders Risk Assessment Index can predict multi-disciplinary team referral of older patients (≥ 65 years) in Emergency Department same-day discharges. The study identified 1,376 qualifying individuals from a regional New Zealand hospital database. Of these,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carolyn Hegarty, Clare Buckley, Rachel Forrest, Bob Marshall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2016-10-01
Series:International Journal of Integrated Care
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Online Access:http://www.ijic.org/articles/2252