Outcomes of community-dwelling seniors vary by type of emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-312

  McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Roberge, Danièle ^c,d   Ciampi, Antonio ^a,b   Silva, Roxane Borges Da ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Alain ^e   Larouche, Danielle ^c   Lévesque, Jean Frédéric ^f   Belzile, Eric ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858952954     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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