Specialist geriatric medical assessment for patients discharged from hospital acute assessment units: randomised controlled trial

摘要

This intervention applied to an at risk population of older people discharged from acute medical units had no effect on patient level outcomes or subsequent use of secondary care or long term care. WHAT IS KNOWN AND WHATTHIS PAPER ADDS Poor outcomes and high resource use are common in older people discharged to the community from acute medical units. Improvingthe outcomes of frail older people discharged from acute medical units is likely to require a more sophisticated, integrated intervention that enables the delivery of the comprehensive geriatric assessment process.