Geriatric medicine in a community hospital.
A study is reported of the care that was being received by the patients over the age of 60 years in general practitioner community hospital beds at Abingdon Hospital in Berkshire. The appropriateness of this care is discussed and measures are suggested for improving it. The practical working relationship between general practitioners attending the community hospital and the local consultant physicians in geriatric medicine is also discussed and again measures for improving their combined services to the community hospital are suggested.
D000368:Aged; D004739:England; D005853:Geriatrics; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012046:Rehabilitation