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An assistant workforce to improve screening rates and quality of care for older patients in the emergency department: findings of a pre- post, mixed methods study

BACKGROUND: Older people who present to the Emergency Department (ED) experience high rates of prevalent and incident delirium. This study aimed to determine whether an assistant workforce in the ED could effectively conduct screening to inform assessment and care planning for older people as well a...

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Autores principales: Hullick, Carolyn, Conway, Jane, Higgins, Isabel, Hewitt, Jacqueline, Stewart, Bernadette, Dilworth, Sophie, Attia, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5975558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29843623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0811-6