Association of Geriatric Consult Services With Geriatric Processes of Care and Clinical Outcomes in <scp>US</scp> Trauma Centers
Trauma centers with geriatric consult services have improved hospital-level mortality for injured older adults and have more processes in place to manage these patients. Additional trauma centers should consider implementing a geriatric consult service.
Authors
- Ben L. Zarzaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9988-9572)
- Alexander J. Ordoobadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2507-6373)
- Vanessa P. Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6113-2555)
- Joseph A. Posluszny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-8693)
- Arnav Mahajan
- Deborah M. Stein
- Molly P. Jarman
- Avery B. Nathens
- Christine Cocanour
- Bellal Joseph
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- MetroHealth (US)
- University of Maryland Medical Center (US)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- University Hospitals of Cleveland (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- American College of Surgeons (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70320
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health