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Abstract
Internal medicine specialists involved in primary care will have a leading part in the treatment of geriatric patients with complex healthcare needs in the future. Approved models like specialized geriatric practices, ambulant or mobile geriatric rehabilitation and special geriatric services for nursing homes are available. Essential is a geriatric qualification that fits with the tasks of an internist in primary care. An incentive payment system has to be created for this purpose to improve the treatment of elderly patients.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21750935 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-011-2807-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Internist (Berl) ISSN: 0020-9554 Impact factor: 0.743