Mortality of the users of a hospital emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-273

  Gunnarsdottir, O S ^a   Rafnsson, V ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; SUICIDE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645743810     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.026690     Document Type: Article

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