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Article History

Received: 3 January 2023

Accepted: 15 June 2023

First Online: 12 July 2023

Declarations

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: Following both the guidelines of the Dutch central commission of human-bound research [CitationRef removed] as well as the declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed], ethics approval was not required because participation did not involve infringement of physical or psychological integrity of the experts. All experts signed an informed consent form before participation.

: Not Applicable.

: OS is an MD PhD student on the DOLCE VITA project, researching the etiology of older adults’ ED visits, and a fifth-year internal medicine resident specializing in geriatric medicine. He has extensive experience in clinically assessing older adults at the ED in Amsterdam, both at a city-center hospital and the academic center. Furthermore, he has extensive experience in moderating group discussion and has conducted focus groups in the past. IB is a medical student in her last year of training and is writing her master’s thesis on the case study under supervision of OS, HW and BB. She has experience in clinically assessing older adults at the ED of a city-center hospital in Amsterdam and moderating group discussion. HW is an MD PhD internist-geriatrician and is head of the department of geriatric medicine at Amsterdam UMC. She has extensive expertise in geriatric medicine and in conducting focus groups. She is a co-supervisor of OS. ER is professor at the Methodology Department of the Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University (the Netherlands). He is specialized in GMB methodology. BB is professor at the department of geriatric medicine at Amsterdam UMC and is chair of the Dutch society for Nurses. She is specialized in Acute geriatric care. She has extensive expertise in the acute geriatric research field. She is a supervisor of OS.

: The authors declare no competing interests.