How do individuals with diabetes use the accident and emergency department?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 371-374

  Goyder, Elizabeth C ^a,d   Goodacre, Stephen W ^b   Botha, Johannes L ^a   Bodiwala, Gautam G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A E attendance; Diabetes mellitus; Injuries; Medical illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030828530     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.6.371     Document Type: Article

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