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Letter to the Editor| Volume 19, ISSUE 8, P720-721, August 2018

Update of the 6-Item Brief Geriatric Assessment Screening Tool of Older Inpatients at Risk for Long Length of Hospital Stay: Results From a Prospective and Observational Cohort Study

  • Olivier Beauche
    Affiliations
    Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Centre of Excellence on Longevity of McGill integrated University Health Network, Quebec, Canada
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  • Julia Chabot
    Affiliations
    Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, St Mary's Hospital Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Shek Fung
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    Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, St Mary's Hospital Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Cyrille P. Launay
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    Division of Geriatric Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
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Published:April 26, 2018DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2018.03.010
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      Chronic multimorbidities and disabilities characterize older inpatients, who are the fastest-increasing group of patients admitted to hospitals.
      • Ellis G.
      • Whitehead M.A.
      • Robinson D.
      • et al.
      Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital: Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
      BMJ. 2011; 343: 1034-1036
      Because hospitals are configured for disease-oriented and episodic model rather than chronic multimorbidities and disabilities, adverse outcomes like long length of hospital stay are one of the main challenges that hospitals face.
      • Ellis G.
      • Whitehead M.A.
      • Robinson D.
      • et al.
      Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital: Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
      BMJ. 2011; 343: 1034-1036
      , 
      • Graf C.E.
      • Zekry D.
      • Giannelli S.
      • et al.
      Efficiency and applicability of comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department: A systematic review.
      Aging Clin Exp Res. 2010; 234: 244-254
      , 
      • Beauchet O.
      • Launay C.
      • de Decker L.
      • et al.
      Who is at risk of long hospital stay among patients admitted to geriatric acute care unit? Results from a prospective cohort study.
      J Nutr Health Aging. 2013; 17: 695-699
      Assessing the needs of the growing number of older inpatients is, thus, a priority to reduce the occurrence of adverse outcomes.
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      Published online: April 26, 2018

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2018.03.010

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