Transfers from residential aged care facilities to the emergency department are reduced through improved primary care services: An intervention study

Codde, Jim; Arendts, Glenn; Frankel, Jackie; Bradford Ivey, Mary; Reibel, Tracy; Bowen, Shirley; Babich, Paul

doi:10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00418.x

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Transfers from residential aged care facilities to the emergency department are reduced through improved primary care services: An intervention study

Published in Australasian Journal on Ageing • Mar 1, 2010

Authors:

Jim Codde

Glenn Arendts

Jackie Frankel

Abstract

AIM: To assess the impact of an enhanced primary care service for residential aged care facilities (RACF) on the transfer of patients from RACF to a hospital emergency department (ED). METHODS: A before-after study of an enhanced primary care service provided by experienced ED-based nurses under the...

Subject

Aged care

Primary care

Medicine

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