Frailty markers predicting emergency department visits in a community-dwelling sample of vulnerable seniors in montreal

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 647-655

  Au, Anita ^a   Puts, Martine T E ^b,c   Fletcher, John D ^b   Sourial, Nadia ^b   Bergman, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

community dwelling; elderly; emergency department visits; frailty markers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 83455223492     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980811000511     Document Type: Article

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