Use of emergency departments by elder patients: A five-year follow-up study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1157-1163

  Strange, Gary R ^a,b   Chen, Edwin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Emergency department; Emergency services; Geriatric care; Health services research; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031730226     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02688.x     Document Type: Article

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