Is the acute care of frail elderly patients in a comprehensive geriatric assessment unit superior to conventional acute medical care?

Niklas Ekerstad, Björn W. Karlson, Synneve Dahlin‐Ivanoff, Sten Landahl, David Andersson, Emelie Heintz, Magnus Husberg, Jenny Alwin

Clinical Interventions in Aging · 2016 · 105 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Patients in an acute CGA unit were less likely to present with decline in HRQoL after 3 months, and the care in a CGA unit was also independently associated with lower mortality, at no higher cost.

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