Key result
A survey of UK clinical leads found that only one-third (38 of 130) provided geriatric medicine input for older surgical patients, with funding and workforce issues cited as key barriers.
Why the study?
What is the extent of geriatrician-led perioperative services in the UK and what are the barriers to further development?
Cross-Sectional (n=130)
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What is the extent of geriatrician-led perioperative services in the UK and what are the barriers to further development?
A national survey in the UK reveals that while there is an appetite for geriatrician-led perioperative services, only a minority of trusts currently provide them, with funding and workforce issues cited as major barriers.
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May guide expansion of geriatric perioperative input; leaves open optimal models and outcome impact in non-orthopedic surgery.
Partridge et al. (2014) conducted a cross-sectional in Perioperative care for older surgical patients (n=130). Geriatrician-led perioperative services was evaluated on Provision of geriatric medicine input in older surgical patients. A survey of UK clinical leads found that only one-third (38 of 130) provided geriatric medicine input for older surgical patients, with funding and workforce issues cited as key barriers.
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