The geriatric emergency department

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1873-1876

  Hwang, Ula ^a   Morrison, R Sean ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Geriatric health services

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; POLYPHARMACY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPECIALISM;

EID: 35748975921     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01400.x     Document Type: Review

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