Older people's use of pre-hospital emergency medical services in Izmir, Turkey

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 356-360

  Keskinoglu, Pembe ^a   Sofuoglu, Turhan ^a   Özmen, Okan ^a   Gündüz, Melih ^a   Ozkan, Mehmet ^b  

^a Department of Emergency Medical Services ^*  (Turkey)

^b Izmir Provincial Health Directorate   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Older patients; Use of ambulance by the elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WINTER;

AGED; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEASONS; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77649335822     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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