Repeat attendance by older people at accident and emergency departments

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-156

  Bentley, Jane ^a   Meyer, Julienne ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Assessment; Nursing; Older people; Re attendance; Repeat attendance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETREATMENT;

EID: 4944230263     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03182.x     Document Type: Article

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