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An inner city GP unit versus conventional care for elderly patients
— prospective comparison of health functioning, use of services and patient satisfaction | | Author(s) | Natalie K Boston, Petra M Boynton, Sonja Hood |
| Journal title | Family Practice, vol 18, no 2, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 141-148 |
| Keywords | Medical wards ; General practice ; Home nursing ; Urban areas ; Consumer ; Satisfactory ; Comparison ; Hammersmith and Fulham. |
| Annotation | GP units are in-patient wards to which general practitioners (GPs) have direct admitting rights and are directly involved in the care of their patients. GP units are relatively common in rural areas, there being few in inner cities. Two groups of over 65s, 67 patients admitted to the GP unit at St Charles community hospital (an inner London hospital) were compared with another group of 60 patients receiving conventional health care services (e.g. district nursing, nursing or residential homes, acute care wards). Patients were interviewed on admission to the GP unit or conventional care, and 1 and 3 months after admission regarding their physical and mental health, and satisfaction with services and care. Patients who received care on the GP unit experienced a similar physical outcome to those in conventional settings. However, they appeared to enjoy a short-term improvement in mental functioning and were consistently more positive about the quality of their care. The study has important implications with regard to planning future intermediate care services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010925203 A |
| Classmark | LD4: L5: N4: RK: WY: 5HH: 48: 82LE * |
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