Short-term geriatric assessment units: 30 years later

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Ratios of health care professionals according to the size of the GAU

Health Care Professionals	GAU
	Total (n = 62¹)	4-9 beds (n = 19)	10-15 beds (n = 14)	16-20 beds (n = 14)	21-40 beds (n = 15)
	Median (25^th and 75^th percentiles) of equivalent number of full time/15 beds
Physiotherapist	1.0 (0.8 - 1.3)	1.5**	1.2*	0.9	0.7
Occupational therapist	1.0 (0.8 - 1.3)	1.5**	1.1	0.9	0.7
Social worker	0.9 (0.6 - 1.2)	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.8
Dietitian	0.3 (0.2 - 0.6)	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.3
Pharmacist	0.3 (0.1 - 0.5)	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.2
Liaison nurse	0.6 (0.1 - 0.5)	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.5

* Significant difference with GAU having 21-40 beds (p ≤ 0.001)
** Significant difference with other three categories taken one by one (p ≤ 0.05)
¹ The data are missing for two GAU.

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