PMID- 31188337
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200623
LR  - 20200623
IS  - 2042-8189 (Electronic)
IS  - 1478-2715 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 2
DP  - 2019 Jun
TI  - Variation in acute and community service provision of care of the elderly 
      services across Scotland: findings from the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) 
      initial scoping survey.
PG  - 105-111
LID - 10.4997/JRCPE.2019.204 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: This scoping survey is a preliminary part of the Scottish Care of 
      Older People (SCoOP) audit programme, which aims to assess specialist service 
      provision for older people with frailty in Scotland, and provide benchmarking 
      data for improving services. METHODS: The survey was distributed to nominated 
      consultant geriatricians based in 12 of the 14 Scottish health boards who 
      completed data to the 'best of their knowledge'. Data collected were: consultant 
      and specialty doctor level workforce; days of frailty unit operation; 
      multidisciplinary team discussion frequency; and, physiotherapy and occupational 
      therapy availability. Consultant cover was correlated with population data, and 
      scores for service components used to derive separate acute and community service 
      provision scores. RESULTS: Consultant geriatrician availability varies widely 
      across Scottish health boards with a median of 1.45 [range: 0.54-2.40; 
      interquartile range (IQR): 0.71-2.28] full-time equivalent consultant 
      geriatricians per 10,000 people >/=65 years. Variation was also present in the 
      service provision scores [score range 0 (none) to 1.0 (very good)]: for acute 
      services, the median national service provision score was 0.81 (range: 0.50-0.89; 
      IQR: 0.75-0.85) and for community services 0.60 (range: 0.48-0.82; IQR: 
      0.52-0.65). CONCLUSIONS: This report clearly demonstrates mismatch between 
      workforce and services in both acute and community settings in the context of the 
      population size. Future surveys will build on this preliminary information to 
      audit service provision for older people at an individual hospital level.
FAU - Donaldson, Alison I C
AU  - Donaldson AIC
AD  - Ageing, Clinical and Experimental Research Team (ACER), School of Medicine, 
      Medical Sciences & Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
AD  - NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK.
FAU - Neal, Samuel R
AU  - Neal SR
AD  - Ageing, Clinical and Experimental Research Team (ACER), School of Medicine, 
      Medical Sciences & Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
AD  - NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK.
FAU - McAlpine, Christine H
AU  - McAlpine CH
AD  - NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.
AD  - University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
FAU - Quinn, Terence
AU  - Quinn T
AD  - University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
FAU - Shenkin, Susan D
AU  - Shenkin SD
AD  - University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
FAU - Ellis, Graham
AU  - Ellis G
AD  - Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
FAU - Myint, Phyo Kyaw
AU  - Myint PK
AD  - Room 4.013, Polwarth Building, Forester Hill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen 
      AB25 2ZD, UK, phyo.myint@abdn.ac.uk.
CN  - SCoOP Steering Group
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J R Coll Physicians Edinb
JT  - The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
JID - 101144324
SB  - IM
CIN - J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2019 Jun;49(2):103-104. PMID: 31188336
MH  - Aged
MH  - Catchment Area, Health/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Community Health Services/organization & administration/*statistics & numerical 
      data
MH  - Geriatrics/organization & administration/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration/*statistics & 
      numerical data
MH  - Health Workforce/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Quality Improvement
MH  - Scotland
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - audit
OT  - care
OT  - older people
OT  - services
COIS- No conflict of interests declared
EDAT- 2019/06/13 06:00
MHDA- 2020/06/24 06:00
CRDT- 2019/06/13 06:00
PHST- 2019/06/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/06/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/06/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.4997/JRCPE.2019.204 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2019 Jun;49(2):105-111. doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2019.204.