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Adherence of older emergency department patients to community-based specialized geriatric services.

Zachary MacDonaldIan G StiellIoanna GenovezosDebra Eagles
Published in: CJEM (2020)
Adherence of older ED patients referred by the GEM team to SGS is suboptimal, and a large proportion of patients decline these referrals in the ED. Future work should examine the efficacy of home-based assessments in a larger confirmatory setting and focus on interventions to increase referral acceptance and address barriers to attendance.
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