OBJECTIVE: To assess a systematic intervention in cases of delirium in elderly inpatients.
DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial. SETTING: University-affiliated, primary acute care …

Background: Major depression is a frequent and serious disorder in older medical
inpatients. Because the condition goes undetected and untreated in most of these patients …

Many consider home assessment important to the evaluation and management of elderly
patients with mental disorders but no controlled studies of the impact of this activity have …

This chapter rounds off the section on sectors of care by looking at hospital services. As in
other sectors of care, changes in what is done and how it is done are occurring in hospitals …

Abstract The United States healthcare community has recognized the existence of
disparities in mental healthcare and the need to establish equality across various population …

Le financement des services de santé et l'allocation des ressources aux programmes ou aux
individus fondent sur l'une ou l'autre mesure de la demande de ressources socio-sanitaires …

Au Québec, comme ailleurs, le phénomène d'accroissement de la population âgée avec ses
besoins de santé spécifiques couplé à la rationalisation des ressources a mené, au cours …