NCT02084108

✓ Unanimous Initial: N/A Requery: N/A — The trial targets a general, mixed population of frail elderly with various chronic conditions rather than focusing on a specific non-cancer disease category.

✓ Unanimous Initial: early palliative care Requery: N/A — The study targets frail elderly with multiple chronic conditions, which is too general and mixed to fit into any specific disease category. Thinking: N/A — Study targets frail elderly with mixed chronic conditions defined by multiple frailty indicators, not focused on any specific disease category.

✓ Unanimous Initial: early palliative care Requery: early palliative care — The trial targets frail elderly with complex needs, focusing on integrated care and not specific to one disease, aligning with early palliative care. Thinking: N/A — The trial involves a mixed, frail elderly population with various chronic illnesses rather than any single qualifying disease category or explicit early palliative-care focus.

✓ Unanimous Initial: outpatient Requery: outpatient — The study focuses on community-dwelling frail elderly living at home, with the intervention delivered via home nursing services, in-home assessments, and a call service, explicitly aiming to reduce hospitalizations and institutionalizations.

✓ Unanimous Initial: mixed Requery: outpatient — The intervention consists of in-home multidimensional geriatric assessment, 24/7 call service, and coordinated care for community-dwelling elderly patients who remain in their homes throughout the study period.

✓ Unanimous Initial: outpatient Requery: outpatient — The intervention involves in-home assessments and care coordination for community-dwelling elderly, meaning patients remain at home and are not admitted or hospitalized during the intervention.

✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The study tests an integrated care coordination and geriatric assessment program for frail elderly patients, which is a geriatrics/health services intervention rather than a direct palliative care service.

✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — This is a health services research study testing integrated care coordination between existing structures (physicians, home nursing services, and geriatric unit), not a palliative care intervention itself.

✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The study tests an integrated care model for frail elderly patients, not a palliative care intervention.

✓ Unanimous Initial: yes

✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: yes — The intervention is an organizational/care coordination model integrating existing healthcare services, which is an organizational change that doesn't fit any of the specified categories.

✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: yes — The trial evaluates the effect of an organized care coordination system, which involves coordinating existing healthcare services but does not fit into the categories of pharmacologic, device, or other specified interventions.