Prevalence of information gaps for seniors transferred from nursing homes to the emergency department

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 462-472

  Cwinn, Matthew A ^a   Forster, Alan J ^b   Adam Cwinn, A ^a   Hebert, Guy ^a   Calder, Lisa ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Geriatrics; Information gaps; Nursing homes; Patient safety; Patient transfers

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN; VITAL SIGN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951842658     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500011660     Document Type: Article

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