Aged Residential Care Health Utilisation Study (ARCHUS): a randomised controlled trial to reduce acute hospitalisations from residential aged care

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Aged Residential Care Health Utilisation Study (ARCHUS): a randomised controlled trial to reduce acute hospitalisations from residential aged care

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Abstract Background For residents of long term care, hospitalisations can cause distress and disruption, and often result in further medical complications. Multi-disciplinary team interventions have been shown to improve the health of Residential Aged Care (RAC) residents, decreasing the need for acute hospitalisation, yet there are few randomised controlled trials of these complex interventions. This paper describes a randomised controlled trial of a structured multi-disciplinary team and ge...

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2012-09-01

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Foster Susan J / Boyd Michal / Broad Joanna B / Whitehead Noeline / Kerse Ngaire / Lumley Thomas / Connolly Martin J

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BMC Geriatrics

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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/12/54

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Geriatrics

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