Domiciliary assessment for geriatric patients in Reykjavik.
The age distribution, clinical presentation and management arrangement of 100 successive domiciliary visits to patients seen following requests for in-patient admission, by their general practitioners are presented. Although 24 patients could be primarily regarded as being social cases, there exists an urgent need to improve facilities for both acute assessment and long-stay geriatric admissions in Reykjavik.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland; D008297:Male; D012017:Referral and Consultation