Table 1 Minimum operational standards for geriatric emergency care in Belgium

Article 1 – Target group

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Article 2—Objectives

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Although this was a consensus-achieved item in part 1 of phase 2 (i.e. survey), it was discussed during part 2 of phase 2 (i.e. meeting)

Article 3 – Conventional ED

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Article 4 – Observational ED

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Article 5 – Summary list

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There was no formal voting on this article, as it summarizes specific action points for high quality geriatric emergency care (elaborated in Supplementary Tables 1–3 and article 6–10)

Article 6 – Availability geriatrician and/or IGCT member in conventional ED

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Article 7—Availability geriatrician and/or IGCT member in observational ED

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Article 8 – Training and equipment

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Although this was a consensus-achieved item in part 1 of phase 2 (i.e. survey), it was discussed during part 2 of phase 2 (i.e. meeting)

Article 9 – Coordination and organisation

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Although this was a consensus-achieved item in part 1 of phase 2 (i.e. survey), it was discussed during part 2 of phase 2 (i.e. meeting)

Article 10 – Functional partnership

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