19/05/2026
Do you know that according to a study done by the researchers from the ROSA Research Centre at SAHMRI and Flinders University, -older patients cared for by their usual GP are up to 21% less likely to be hospitalised or present to the ED than those seeing a new doctor? The benefits for patients seeing their long-term GP included a reduced risk of fractures, unplanned hospitalisations, and hospital visits related to delirium, medication and malnutrition.
See link here for more details on this paper https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70465
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