Hospital Characteristics and Emergency Department Care of Older Patients Are Associated with Return Visits

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 426-433

  McCusker, Jane ^a   Ionescu Ittu, Raluca ^a   Ciampi, Antonio ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Alain ^a   Roberge, Danièle ^a   Larouche, Danielle ^a   Verdon, Josée ^a   Pineault, Raynald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aged; emergency care; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC;

EID: 34247172405     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.11.020     Document Type: Article

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