Open AccessIs Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Admission Avoidance Hospital at Home an Alternative to Hospital Admission for Older Persons?
Author(s) -
Sasha Shepperd,
Christopher Collett Butler,
Andrea Cradduck-Bamford,
Graham Ellis,
Alastair Gray,
Anthony Hemsley,
Pradeep Khanna,
Peter Langhorne,
Sam Mort,
Scott Ramsay,
Rebekah Schiff,
David J. Stott,
Angela Wilkinson,
Ly-Mee Yu,
John Young
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.839
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1539-3704
pISSN - 0003-4819
DOI - 10.7326/m20-5688
Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , hospital admission , randomized controlled trial , randomization , emergency medicine , geriatrics , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , psychiatry
Delivering hospital-level care with comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in the home is one approach to deal with the increased demand for bed-based hospital care, but clinical effectiveness is uncertain.