Demand at the emergency department front door: 10-year trends in presentations

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-132

  Lowthian, Judy A ^a   Curtis, Andrea J ^a   Jolley, Damien J ^a   Stoelwinder, Johannes U ^a   McNeil, John J ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857883959     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10955     Document Type: Article

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