Impact of Geriatric Hotlines on Health Care Pathways and Health Status in Patients Aged 75 Years and Older: Protocol for a French Multicenter Observational Study

Laure Martinez   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Noémie Lacour   ^{2 *} , MD ;   Régis Gonthier   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD ;   Marc Bonnefoy   ^{3 *} , MD, PhD ;   Luc Goethals   ^{4, 5 *} , MSc ;   Cedric Annweiler   ^{6, 7, 8 *} , MD, PhD ;   Nathalie Salles   ^{9 *} , MD, PhD ;   Nathalie Jomard   ^{3 *} , MD ;   Jérôme Bohatier   ^{10 *} , MD ;   Magali Tardy   ^{11 *} , MD ;   Etienne Ojardias   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Romain Jugand   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Bienvenu Bongué   ^{4, 5, 12 *} , PhD ;   Thomas Celarier   ^{1, 4, 13 *} , MD

¹ Department of Clinical Gerontology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint Etienne, France

² Department of Clinical Gerontology, Firminy Hospital, Firminy, France

³ Department of Clinical Gerontology, University Hospital of Lyon Sud, Lyon, France

⁴ Jean Monnet University Saint-Etienne, Chaire Santé des Ainés, Saint Etienne, France

⁵ Support and Education Technic Centre of Health Examination Centres (CETAF), Saint Etienne, France

⁶ Department of Clinical Gerontology, Angers University Hospital; Angers University Memory Clinic, Research Center on Autonomy and Longevity, University of Angers, Angers, France

⁷ School of Medicine, Health Faculty, University of Angers, Angers, France

⁸ Robarts Research Institute, Department of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

⁹ Department of Clincal Gerontology, Bordeaux University Hospital, Pessace, France

¹⁰ Department of Clinical Gerontology, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France

¹¹ Department of Clinical Gerontology, Saint Chamond Hospital, Saint Chamond, France

¹² Jean Monnet University Saint-Etienne Autonomic Nervous System Research Laboratory, University of Lyon, Saint Etienne, France

¹³ Gerontopôle AURA, Saint Etienne, France

*all authors contributed equally