Evaluation of an emergency medical servicesbased social services referral program for elderly patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-279

  Kue, Ricky ^a   Ramstrom, Edward ^b   Weisberg, Stacy ^c   Restuccia, Marc ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Emergency medical services; Follow up; Prehospital; Referral; Social services

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORK; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69849086798     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802706179     Document Type: Article

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