Predictors of frequent attenders of emergency department at an acute general hospital in Singapore

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 843-848

  Paul, P ^a   Heng, B H ^a   Seow, E ^b   Molina, J ^a   Tay, S Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINGAPORE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 78449258063     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.079160     Document Type: Article

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