[Geriatric assessment in the primary care].

Background: A good medical care program for the elderly requires a thorough assessment of the functional capacity and limitations of the consulting patients.

Aim: To perform a geriatric assessment to elderly subjects consulting in a public outpatient clinic.

Patients And Methods: A cross sectional assessment of subjects over 60 years old, beneficiaries of the public health care system and consulting in 4 outpatient clinics of a poor community of Metropolitan Santiago.