Description of ward | Acute geriatric ward | Orthopedic ward |
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Department | Clinic of Internal Medicine, Department of Geriatrics | Department of Orthopedic Surgery |
Number of beds | 20 | 52 |
Average number of beds occupied | 101% | 90%a |
Organization of ward | Hip fracture patients spread among other medical patients | Hip fracture patients spread among other surgical patients |
Staff-order (number per bed) | Â | Â |
- nurses | 1 | 1.18 |
- nursing assistants | 0.28 | 0.06 |
- physiotherapists | 0.08 | 0.07 |
- occupational therapists | 0.07 | 0 |
- nutritionists | available on request | 0 |
- social worker | available on request | 0.02 |
Interdisciplinary meetings | Daily | No |
Intervention after discharge | Patients offered control at orthopedic outpatient clinic four months after surgery | Patients offered control at orthopedic outpatient clinic four months after surgery |