The impact of early emergency department allied health intervention on admission rates in older people: a non-randomized clinical study

Arendts, Glenn; Fitzhardinge, Sarah; Pronk, Karren; Donaldson, Mark; Hutton, Marani; Nagree, Yusuf

doi:10.1186/1471-2318-12-8

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The impact of early emergency department allied health intervention on admission rates in older people: a non-randomized clinical study

Published in BMC Geriatrics • Mar 20, 2012

Authors:

Glenn Arendts

Sarah Fitzhardinge

Karren Pronk

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study sought to determine whether early allied health intervention by a dedicated Emergency Department (ED) based team, occurring before or in parallel with medical assessment, reduces hospital admission rates amongst older patients presenting with one of ten index problems. METHODS...

Subject

Medicine

Emergency department

Randomized controlled trial

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