Return to the emergency department among elders: Patterns and predictors

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-259

  Mccusker, Jane ^a,d   Cardin, Sylvie ^b   Bellavance, François ^c   Belzile, Éric ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elders; Emergency department; Functional decline; Predictions; Repeat visits; Return visits; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0034104235     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb01070.x     Document Type: Article

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