GEM Score

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How it works

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Highlighted claims

• Emergency department nurses used the GEM score at presentation to determine whether geriatric co-management was indicated. — Association between older patients receiving geriatric co-management at the emergency department and acute hospital admissions compared to usual care: an observational, controlled study in the Netherlands
• The GEM score was a binary screening tool in which one or more positive items produced a positive result. — Association between older patients receiving geriatric co-management at the emergency department and acute hospital admissions compared to usual care: an observational, controlled study in the Netherlands
• The GEM score had not yet been validated at the time of the study. — Association between older patients receiving geriatric co-management at the emergency department and acute hospital admissions compared to usual care: an observational, controlled study in the Netherlands
• Only 52.2% of patients aged 70 or older were screened with the GEM score despite instructions to use it for all such patients. — Association between older patients receiving geriatric co-management at the emergency department and acute hospital admissions compared to usual care: an observational, controlled study in the Netherlands
• Future research should validate the GEM score. — Association between older patients receiving geriatric co-management at the emergency department and acute hospital admissions compared to usual care: an observational, controlled study in the Netherlands