The interface between residential aged care and the emergency department: A systematic review

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-312

  Arendts, Glenn ^a   Howard, Kirsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care facilities; Elderly; Emergency department; Patient transfer; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 77951909614     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq008     Document Type: Review

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