How different are older people discharged from emergency departments compared with those admitted to hospital?

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-24

  Naughton, Corina ^a   Drennan, Jonathan ^a   Treacy, Pearl ^a   Fealy, Gerard ^a   Kilkenny, Margaret ^a   Johnson, Felicity ^a   Butler, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Emergency department; Emergency department discharge; Hospital admission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; IRELAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 79952901175     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32833943d3     Document Type: Article

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