Outpatient geriatric evaluation.
This article provides a comprehensive description of an established geriatric ambulatory consultation service at Monroe Community Hospital in Rochester, New York. The history of the service is presented and clinic staffing and operations are reviewed. Descriptive information for patients evaluated during a 1-year period and the impact of this team-oriented assessment compared to assessment by physicians are provided.
D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012017:Referral and Consultation