Primary care organization and outcomes of an emergency visit among seniors

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Roberge, Danièle ^c   Ciampi, Antonio ^a,b   Lévesque, Jean Frédéric ^d   Pineault, Raynald ^e,f   Belzile, Éric ^b   Larouche, Danielle ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 69749110601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2009.20935     Document Type: Article

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