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Structure and processes of interdisciplinary geriatric consultation teams in acute care hospitals: A scoping review.

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Interdisciplinary geriatric consultation teams are implemented in the acute hospital setting in several high-income countries to provide comprehensive geriatric assessment for the increasing numbers of older patients with a geriatric profile hospitalized on non-geriatric units. Given the inconclusive evidence on this care model's effectiveness to improve patient outcomes, health care policy and practice oriented recommendations to redesign the structure and process of care provided by interdisciplinary geriatric consultation teams are needed. A scoping review was conducted to explore the structure and processes of interdisciplinary geriatric consultation teams in an international context. As nurses are considered key members of these teams, their roles and responsibilities were specifically explored.

Year of Publication
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2015
Journal
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International journal of nursing studies
Date Published
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2015
ISSN Number
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0020-7489
URL
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http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0020-7489(15)00300-4
DOI
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10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.09.015
Short Title
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Int J Nurs Stud
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