Patients from care homes who attend the emergency department: Could they be managed differently

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-262

  Carter, L ^a   Skinner, J ^a   Robinson, S ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AMBULANCES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 64949166146     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.060327     Document Type: Article

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