Table 2 Geriatrician, inpatient geriatric consultation team and social worker availability for the emergency department, by collaboration type
From: Geriatric support in the emergency department: a national survey in Belgium
| Â | Daytime, weekday | Night | Weekend | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | GER N(%) 49(100) | IGCT N(%) 47(100) | SW N(%) 49(100) | GER N(%) 49(100) | IGCT N(%) 47(100) | SW N(%) 49(100) | GER N(%) 49(100) | IGCT N(%) 47(100) | SW N(%) 49(100) |
By phone | 47(96) | 40(85) | 46(94) | 27(55) | 2(4) | 5(10) | 37(76) | 5(11) | 13(27) |
Bedside, after phone call | |||||||||
 Specific cases | 47(96) | 43(92) | 45(92) | 22(45) | 2(4) | 2(4) | 29(59) | 3(6) | 8(16) |
 Systematically | 16(33) | 9(19) | 12(25) | 2(4) | 1(2) | 0(0) | 4(8) | 1(2) | 1(2) |
On a specified moment | 5(10) | 4(9) | 7(14) | 4(8) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 4(8) | 0(0) | 1(2) |
Continuously physically present on ED | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(2) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(2) |