[Geriatric home visits can prevent hospitalisation of subacute patients but is time-consuming. A randomised study].

Aim: To study if geriatric home visits could prevent hospital admittance of geriatric patients referred subacute by general practitioners.

Materials And Methods: Patients were randomised to first contact by geriatric home visit (n=59), or to subacute admittance to a geriatric ward (n=43), median age 79.0 and 82.