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Effect of an inpatient geriatric consultation team on functional outcome, mortality, institutionalization, and readmission rate in older adults with hip fracture: a controlled trial.

Mieke M Deschodt, Tom T Braes, Paul P Broos, An A Sermon, Steven S Boonen, Johan J Flamaing, and Koen K Milisen

J Am Geriatr Soc 59(7):1299-308 (2011) PMID 21718273

To evaluate the effect of an inpatient geriatric consultation team (IGCT) on end points of interest in people with hip fracture: length of stay, functional status, mortality, new nursing home admission, and hospital readmission.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03488.x
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