Emergency department utilization by the elderly: Analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 694-699

  Wofford, James L ^a   Schwartz, Earl ^a   Timerding, Beverly L ^a   Folmar, Steven ^a   Ellis, Shellie D ^a   Messick, Catherine H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; ambulatory care; emergency services; geriatric care; health services research

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030057193     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03493.x     Document Type: Article

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