Clinical profile and impact of the unscheduled return to Emergency Department by elders;Perfil clínico-asistencial e impacto del retorno inesperado a urgencias de un mayor de 65 años

Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-205

  Martinez Sanz R ^b   Ojeda, E ^a   Aguirre Jaime, A ^a   Núñez, Salvador ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aged; Emergency Service; Health Care; Hospital; Patient Readmission; Quality Indicators

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 33750078410     PISSN: 11376627     EISSN: 11376627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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