Table 2.
Processes identified in co-management programmes
| Processes of co-management programmes | Reported by programmes |
| In-hospital follow-up | 26/39 (67%)* |
| Daily | 15/26 (58%) |
| Thrice weekly | 3/26 (12%) |
| Twice weekly | 3/26 (12%) |
| Weekly or on request | 4/26 (15%) |
| Participation in team meetings† | 17/39 (44%) |
| Daily | 2/17 (12%) |
| Thrice weekly | 1/17 (6%) |
| Twice weekly | 2/17 (12%) |
| Weekly | 12/17 (71%) |
| Medical review/assessment‡ | 28/39 (72%) |
| Cognition | 11/28 (39%) |
| Functional status | 13/28 (46%) |
| Falls | 9/28 (32%) |
| Medication | 4/28 (14%) |
| Nutritional status | 5/28 (18%) |
| Complications | 13/28 (46%) |
| Rehabilitation§ | 30/39 (77%) |
| Discharge planning | 27/39 (69%) |
| Transitional care¶ | 1/39 (3%) |
| Post-discharge follow-up | 16/39 (41%) |
| Referral to community services or outpatient clinics | 9/16 (56%) |
| Home visit | 5/16 (31%) |
| Telephone contact | 2/16 (13%) |
*There was one missing data: study reported ‘rounds with staff’ but did not indicate the frequency.
†Team meetings were defined as case conferences or multidisciplinary meeting in which the geriatrician or geriatrics team interacts with the primary treating physician or other ward staff (eg, registered nurses, physical therapists) to discuss patients included in the co-management programme.
‡Medical review was defined as “the prevention of iatrogenic complications through assessment and delivery of interventions that addresses actual or potential problems identified in the assessment”.68
§Rehabilitation was defined as “assessing the need for physical therapy and providing physical and occupational therapy to prevent or reverse functional decline”.68
¶Transitional care was defined as “a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care in the same location”.69