Recognition of Geriatric Conditions in an Outpatient Geriatric Assessment Trial

Cathy Alessi, Karen R. Josephson, Fern M. Pietruszka, Judith O. Harker, Laurence Rubenstein

ResearchPosted on rand.org 2000Published in: Gerontologist, v. 40, no. 10, 2000, p. 77

The authors screened elderly patients at a VA outpatient clinic for five geriatric conditions--depression, cognitive impairment (CI), falls, urinary incontinence (UI) and functional impairment (FI)--as part of a controlled trial to evaluate a system of postal screening, casefinding, referral and case management.

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  • Copyright: The Gerontological Society of America
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2000
  • Pages: 1
  • Document Number: EP-200000-46

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