Geriatric team support in the emergency department—a randomised trial investigating the effects on hospital admission and community care in older adults (GerED-21).

Background The Emergency Department (ED) is a 'strategic crossroads' for geriatric care, as older adults represent nearly 50% of ED visits resulting in hospital admissions. It is therefore essential to integrate geriatric expertise within the ED to address their complex needs and improve outcomes. A...

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Published in:	Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors:	Lunardelli, Maria L, Gibertoni, Dino, Colantoni, Alessandra, Bendini, Chiara, Forti, Paola, Notariis, Stefania De, Maioli, Fabiola, Petroni, Manuela, Nardelli, Anna, Modugno, Maria
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Jun2026
Subjects:	Italy Community health services Mortality Patients Hospital admission & discharge Randomized controlled trials Social support Hospital care of older people Mental health surveys T-test (Statistics) Research funding Emergency room visits Fisher exact test Multiple regression analysis Questionnaires Patient readmissions Hospital emergency services Mann Whitney U Test Chi-squared test Kaplan-Meier estimator Log-rank test Geriatric assessment Research Cluster sampling Medical care for older people Data analysis software Health care teams Proportional hazards models Regression analysis
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