Death (any cause) (median · older people at risk of poor health outcomes
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment showed no clear difference in death Median compared with usual care (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Admission to a nursing home (end of · older people at risk of poor health outcomes
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment showed no clear difference in nursing home admission Median compared with usual care (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Unplanned admission to hospital · older people at risk of poor health outcomes
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment may leads to lower unplanned hospital admission Median compared with usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
ED visits · older people at risk of poor health outcomes
It is very uncertain whether comprehensive Geriatric Assessment changes emergency department visits Median compared with usual care (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events (falls) Median · older people at risk of poor health outcomes
It is very uncertain whether comprehensive Geriatric Assessment changes serious adverse events (falls) Median compared with usual care (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Living at home (end of · older people requiring hospital admission
Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) leads to higher living at home (end of compared with admission to hospital without CGA (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 1.06 [1.01, 1.1]
6799 participants
High
Mortality (end of · older people requiring hospital admission
Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) showed no clear difference in mortality (end of compared with admission to hospital without CGA (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 1 [0.93, 1.07]
10023 participants
High
Admission to a nursing home (end of · older people requiring hospital admission
Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) leads to lower admission to a nursing home (end of compared with admission to hospital without CGA (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.8 [0.72, 0.89]
6285 participants
High
Dependence · older people requiring hospital admission
Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) showed no clear difference in dependence compared with admission to hospital without CGA (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.97 [0.89, 1.04]
6551 participants
High
Cognitive function · older people requiring hospital admission
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
3534 participants
Low
Length of stay · older people requiring hospital admission
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
5303 participants
Low
Costs and cost‐effectiveness · older people requiring hospital admission
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
5303 participants
Low