Redirection of Urgent Geriatric Care: Diagnostics and Treatment Parallel to the Emergency Department
: Evaluation of patients at the UGC led to a high degree of medication regimen changes, initiation of care at home, and multiple conclusions or diagnoses per patient. Readmission or revisiting rates were low. A direct comparison to care delivered at the ED should be made in a future study.
Authors
- Nikki M. F. Noorda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0719-1618)
- L A R Zwart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9587-7507)
- Chantal H. N. van Dijk
- Naomi Hoekstra-Zuidema
- Margreet G. Kamp-Glas
- Anna C. M. Mulder
- Judella O. Daal
Institutions
- Westfriesgasthuis (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm15082989
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00