Survey of major chronic illnesses and hospital admissions via the emergency department in a randomized older population in Randwick, Australia

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-392

  Chan, Daniel K Y ^a   Chong, Robert ^b   Basilikas, Jim ^c   Mathie, Merryn ^c   Tak Hung, Wai ^d  

^a BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chronic illnesses; Emergency admission; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036906898     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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