Access to care and health-related quality of life among older adults with nonurgent emergency department visits

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 240-246

  D'Avolio, Deborah A ^a   Feldman, James ^b,c   Mitchell, Patricia ^b   Strumpf, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249100525     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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