The ABCD of the comprehensive geriatric assessment

Alghamry, Alaa; Lee, Joseph C

doi:10.5694/mja2.51405

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To the Editor: Kaur and colleagues propose the ABCD (abbreviated, brief, comprehensive, detailed) approach for older patients.1 Further to that, we propose extending the mnemonic to ABCDEF with E for efficiency and F for feasibility. This would make it more realistic.

Northside Clinical Unit, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD

Correspondence: a.alghamry@uq.edu.au

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2. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia’s health 2016 (Australia’s Health Series No. 15. Cat. No. AUS 199). Canberra: AIHW, 2016. https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/0b26353f‐94fb‐4349‐b950‐7948ace76960/ah16‐6‐17‐health‐care‐use‐older‐australians.pdf.aspx (viewed Aug 2021).
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