title: Auditing outcomes from a medicine for the elderly service.
abstract: Measurement of outcome and quality of health care is currently a subject of great interest, as clinicians aim to improve the service they provide to patients, and purchasers try to allocate resources wisely. Measurement of outcome and quality of health care is currently a subject of great interest, as clinicians aim to improve the service they provide to patients and purchasers try to allocate resources wisely. Details of outcomes from a Medicine for the Elderly service are presented and their relevance discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ramage
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D020380:Needs Assessment; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012046:Rehabilitation; D012606:Scotland