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Reducing ambulance conveyance for older people with and without dementia: evidence of the role of social care from a regional, year-long service evaluation using retrospective routine data

Lofthouse-Jones, Chloe
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Ramsay, Mary
; ; 
England, Ed
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Taylor, Sarah
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Cavalier, Julian
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Fogg, Carole
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Emergency Medical Services
 Dementia
 Health and Social Care
 Clinical Deterioration
 Referral and Consultation
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British Paramedic Journal
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/1269
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10.29045/14784726.2021.12.6.3.58
Abstract
Older people, especially those with dementia, have a high risk of deterioration following admission to hospital. More than 60% of older people attended by South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) clinicians are conveyed to hospital, although many conveyances may not have been due to life-threatening conditions. We aimed to understand patterns of conveyance and alternative referral pathways used following ambulance attendance to an older person. Abstract published with permisson.
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