Emergency department case-finding for high-risk older adults: The Brief Risk Identification for Geriatric Health Tool (BRIGHT)

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 598-606

  Boyd, Michal ^a   Koziol McLain, Jane ^f   Yates, Kim ^b   Kerse, Ngaire ^d,e   McLean, Chris ^c   Pilcher, Carole ^c   Robb, Gillian ^e  

^a Division of Home and Older Adult Services   (New Zealand)

^b Division of Emergency Medicine   (New Zealand)

^c WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Case finding; Emergency services; Geriatric assessment; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF RISK IDENTIFICATION FOR GERIATRIC HEALTH TOOL; CASE FINDING; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56849131222     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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