Quantification of the proportion of transfers from residential aged care facilities to the emergency department that could be avoided through improved primary care services

Codde, Jim; Frankel, Jackie; Arendts, Glenn; Babich, Paul

doi:10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00496.x

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Quantification of the proportion of transfers from residential aged care facilities to the emergency department that could be avoided through improved primary care services

Published in Australasian Journal on Ageing • Dec 1, 2010

Authors:

Jim Codde

Jackie Frankel

Glenn Arendts

Abstract

AIM: To describe elderly patient transfers from residential aged care facilities (RACF) to hospital emergency departments (ED), and to estimate the proportion of transfers that may be avoidable with improved primary care service to RACF. METHODS: A descriptive study analysing data from a single tert...

Subject

Aged care

Primary care

Medicine

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