Emergency department admissions, older people, functional decline, and length of stay in hospital

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 189-194

  Conforti, David A ^a   Basic, David ^a   Rowland, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Emergency; Functional decline; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248606289     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2004.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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