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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Emergency Department

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In most Western health systems, urgent care for older people with frailty is predominantly based in acute hospitals.

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  1. Geriatric Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    Simon Conroy

  2. UZ Leuven, Gasthuisberg Campus, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Els Devriendt

  3. NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK

    Sarah Turpin

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  2. Dept. of Aging and Health, St. Thomas Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Finbarr C. Martin

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Conroy, S., Devriendt, E., Turpin, S. (2018). Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Emergency Department. In: Pilotto, A., Martin, F. (eds) Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Practical Issues in Geriatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62503-4_9

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