Researchers studied patients aged 75 years or older admitted to The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City due to an acute illness. Patients were admitted to either the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly service, which is care by an interdisciplinary team designed to deliver specialized care, or usual care.
Patients in the MACE group were less likely to experience adverse events, including falls, pressure ulcers, restraint use and catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and had shorter hospital lengths of stay than patients receiving usual care. In addition, patients receiving the MACE service were more satisfied during care transitions, as determined by the Care Transition Measure, than patients receiving usual care.
However, patients in the MACE group and patients receiving usual care were equally likely to be rehospitalized within 30 days.
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