Patient transfer from nursing home to emergency department: Outcomes and policy implications

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 908-915

  Jones, Jeffrey S ^a   Dwyer, Paul R ^a   White, Lynn J ^b   Firman, Russ ^b  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Elders; Emergency department; Geriatrics; Nursing home; Outcome; Patient transfer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030866904     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03818.x     Document Type: Article

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