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Interdisciplinary geriatric primary care evaluation and management — two-year outcomes
Author(s)	Robert Burns, Linda O Nichols, Jennifer Martindale-Adams
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 1, January 2000
Pages	pp 8-13
Keywords	Out-patients ; General practice ; Management [care] ; Evaluation ; Multi disciplinary ; United States of America.
Annotation	The long-term efficacy of interdisciplinary outpatient primary care Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) has not been proven. Findings based on results of a 2-year study of over 65s in Memphis, Tennessee (TN) suggest that a primary care approach that combines an initial multidisciplinary comprehensive assessment with long-term interdisciplinary outpatient management may significantly improve outcomes for targeted older people. Furthermore, outcomes may continue to improve over time and that the GEM care model provides an effective way to manage older people's health care. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010119201 A
Classmark	LFB: L5: QA: 4C: 3DM: 7T
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