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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13770
A survey among hospital members of the Italian Hospital and Territory Society
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Received: 25 February 2025
Accepted: 17 September 2025
Published: 7 October 2025
Accepted: 17 September 2025
Published: 7 October 2025
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To describe hospital activities distributed across the national territory, we conducted an online survey, addressed to all hospital members of the Italian Hospital and Territory Society (SIGOT) by email, and disseminated using SIGOT social channels. The questionnaire was available from June to September 2024. The survey addressed general and demographic characteristics of 126 respondents from different Italian geriatric hospital wards and the peculiarities of the activities inherent to comprehensive multidimensional assessment or specific techniques (non-invasive ventilation, high-flow oxygen therapy), type of organizations, and connection with intermediate care. Results of this survey show the importance of geriatricians in the acute-care setting, as well as point out some critical issues, such as the difficulty of clinicians to balance the objectives of economic efficiency (assigned yearly to the hospital unit) with those regarding quality of care and improved patients’ clinical outcomes.
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A survey among hospital members of the Italian Hospital and Territory Society. (2025). Geriatric Care, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13770
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