title: [Subacute care unit].
abstract: Subacute care is usually used to define those units that because of their characteristics are situated very close to hospitalization. Levenson et al. had defined the subacute care concept as that orientated to treat immediately after an acute hospitalization period, in which one or more complex medical problems have been treated. Postacute care is not a continuation of acute care, but must contribute to improve health results. This model would be based in a complete geriatric assessment. The admittance criteria would be based, among others, in frail patients or those with chronic and developed disease with functional impairment risk with moderate to low complications that would benefit from a specific geriatric assessment.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Geriatría de Agudos, Hospital del Mar, Institut d'Atenció Geriàtrica i Sociosanitària (IAGS), Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària (IMAS), Barcelona, España. osabartes@imas.imim.es
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sabartés
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: Antón M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cervera
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005853:Geriatrics; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans