An evaluation of the comparative effectiveness of geriatrician-led comprehensive geriatric assessment for improving patient and healthcare system outcomes for older adults: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

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Published in Syst Rev on March 24, 2017

Authors

Charlene Soobiah1,2, Caitlin Daly3, Erik Blondal1,2, Joycelyne Ewusie3, Joanne Ho4, Meghan J Elliott1,2, Rossini Yue2, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc5, Barbara Liu6, Sharon Marr7, Jenny Basran8, Andrea C Tricco1,9, Jemila Hamid1,3, Sharon E Straus10,11

Author Affiliations

1: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Room 716, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1T8, Canada.
2: Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, 155 College Street Suite 425, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 3M6, Canada.
3: Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada.
4: Schlegel Research Institute for Aging, 250 Laurelwood Drive, Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 0E2, Canada.
5: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, 11th Floor South Tower, Room 1103, 1403-29 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2T9, Canada.
6: Regional Geriatrics Program of Toronto, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, L-wing, 1st floor, room L1-01D, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada.
7: Regional Geriatrics Program Central, McMaster University, 88 Maplewood, Hamilton, Ontario, L8M 1W9, Canada.
8: Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 701 Queen St, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7K 0M7, Canada.
9: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street 6th floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 3M6, Canada.
10: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Room 716, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1T8, Canada. sharon.straus@utoronto.ca.
11: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth Street, Suite R. Fraser Elliott 3-805, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada. sharon.straus@utoronto.ca.

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