Economic implications of discharge of elderly from the Emergency Department trial results [11]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1642-

  Gill, Sudeep S ^a   Gibson, Michelle ^a   Al Hammadi, Abdullah ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744583696     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53487_11.x     Document Type: Letter

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