Utilization of a UK emergency department by care home residents: A retrospective observational study

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 322-324

  Mitchell, Joanne Simpson ^a   Young, Iain ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; emergency department; unscheduled care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78649508190     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328334a648     Document Type: Article

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