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Len C Gray1, Jonathan W Newbury
1University of Queensland. lgray@soms.uq.edu.au
Background:
Comprehensive health assessment of the elderly in primary care will become a more important element of general practice as population aging proceeds and evidence of efficacy emerges.
Objective:
This article describes approaches to provision of health assessment in primary care based on the best available evidence.
Discussion:
Current best practice includes the use of structured health assessment protocols, an integrated multidisciplinary approach, targeting patient groups with intermediate levels of disability and handicap, in-home assessments and carefully structured follow up mechanisms.
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