Increased long-term mortality in patients with repeated visits to the emergency department

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 274-279

  Safwenberg, Urban ^a   Terént, Andreas ^a   Lind, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

emergency department; emergency department utilization; frequent attenders; frequent emergency department users; long term mortality; revisit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETREATMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956417738     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283104106     Document Type: Article

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