Older adults use the emergency department appropriately

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-94

  Salvi, Fabio ^a,c   Morichi, Valeria ^b   Vita, Diego ^b   Fallani, Mauro ^b   Dessì Fulgheri, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Emergency Department   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449088779     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-008-0204-5     Document Type: Article

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