Comprehensive Geriatric Care in a Day Hospital: A Demonstration of the British Model in the United States
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 29 (3) , 336-340
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/29.3.336
Abstract
A geriatric day hospital (GDH) was developed in a community hospital to meet the complex medical and social needs of the frail elderly. A review of medical records (n = 273) and interviews with referring physicians (n = 42 on 96 patients) revealed that the GDH provided intensive outpatient care, geriatric assessment, rehabilitation, and an alternative to hospitalization. In all, 21% of physician-referred patients would have been hospitalized without the GDH, 7% would have had longer hospital stays, and care would have been deferred for 18%.Keywords
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