Intermediate care for older people.
Nurs Older People
; 19(5): 25-8, 2007 Jun.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17601257
ABSTRACT
Up to 40 per cent of older people do not go to hospital after calling an emergency ambulance and until recently were not referred on to any other community services. This article describes how a multidisciplinary working group developed and evaluated a protocol to enable older people to be referred to intermediate care services after calling an emergency ambulance. A total of 54 patients were monitored after referral to intermediate care to assess adherence to the protocol and outcomes.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Encaminhamento e Consulta
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Ambulâncias
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Triagem
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Serviços de Saúde para Idosos
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Instituições para Cuidados Intermediários
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Guideline
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article