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Table 1 Organization of treatment in the acute geriatric ward and the orthopedic ward

From: The effect of a pre- and postoperative orthogeriatric service on cognitive function in patients with hip fracture: randomized controlled trial (Oslo Orthogeriatric Trial)

Description of ward

Acute geriatric ward

Orthopedic ward

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)

  

- 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

  1. aFor the orthopedic ward, only figures from 2011 were available.