Emergency department outcome of elderly patients assisted by professional home services, the EPIGER study

Emergency department outcome of elderly patients assisted by professional home services, the EPIGER study

Abstract Background For the elderly population living at home, the implementation of professional services tends to mitigate the effect of loss of autonomy and increases their quality of life. While helping in avoiding social isolation, home services could also be associated to different healthcare...

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Main Authors: Anne-Laure Feral-Pierssens, Gustave Toury, Fatima Sehimi, Nicolas Peschanski, Saïd Laribi, Amélie Carpentier, Magali Kraif, Clément Carbonnier, François-Xavier Duchateau, Yonathan Freund, Philippe Juvin, the EPIGER IRU-SFMU study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Elderly
Healthcare access
Loss of autonomy
Home services
Emergency care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01742-1

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