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Care pathways in older patients seen in a multidisciplinary same day emergency care (SDEC) unit

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Background: Same day emergency care (SDEC) services are being advocated in the UK for frail, older patients in whom hospitalisation may be associated with harm but there are few data on the ‘ambulatory pathway’. We therefore determined the patient pathways pre- and post-first assessment in a SDEC unit focussed on older people.

Methods: In consecutive patients, we prospectively recorded follow-up SDEC service reviews (face-to-face, telephone, Hospit...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1093/ageing/afad257

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Clinical Neurosciences
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-3603-8388
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Journal:
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Volume:
53
Issue:
1
Article number:
afad257
Pages:
1–8
Publication date:
2024-01-25
Acceptance date:
2023-11-10
DOI:
EISSN:
1468-2834
ISSN:
0002-0729
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1585398
Local pid:
pubs:1585398
Deposit date:
2023-12-18

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