Geriatric Emergency Medicine and the 2006 Institute of Medicine Reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the U.S. Health System

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1345-1351

  Wilber, Scott T ^a   Gerson, Lowell W ^a   Terrell, Kevin M ^a   Carpenter, Christopher R ^a   Shah, Manish N ^a   Heard, Kennon ^a   Hwang, Ula ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; geriatrics; health policy

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751356034     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.09.050     Document Type: Article

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