[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.

[Primary visitation of elective referred geriatric patients--a randomised study of home visits compared to day hospital visits].

Aim: To compare the treatment, patient satisfaction, life quality and costs of elective referred patients seen by a geriatric team at home or in a geriatric day hospital.

Materials And Methods: Elective patients were randomised to primary contact by home visit (n=175) or to primary contact in the day hospital (n=176), median age 81 and 83 years, median Barthel - index 85 and 85, MMSE 25 and 25. 61% of elective referrals were randomised.