Reducing Hospital Transfers from Aged Care Facilities: A Large-Scale Stepped Wedge Evaluation.
Carolyn J HullickAlix E HallJane F ConwayJacqueline M HewittLeigh F DarcyRoslyn T BarkerChristopher OldmeadowJohn R AttiaPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)
The stepped wedge design allowed rigorous evaluation of a real-world large-scale intervention. These results confirm that the ACE program can be scaled up to a large geographic area and can reduce ED visits and hospitalization of older people with complex healthcare needs living in RACFs.