Acute frailty services: results of a national day of care survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Older people living with frailty are at high risk of emergency hospital admission and often have complex care needs which may not be adequately met by conventional models of acute care. This has driven the introduction of adaptations to acute care pathways designed to improve outcomes in this patient group. The identification of differences in the organisational approach to frailty may highlight opportunities for quality improvement.

Methods

The Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking audit is a national service evaluation which uses a single day-of-care methodology to record patient and organisational level data. All acute hospitals in the United Kingdom are eligible to participate. Emergency admissions referred to acute medical services between 00:00 and 23:59

SUBMITTER: Kamwa V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11251303 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature