Classification of emergency departments according to their services for community-dwelling seniors

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 552-561

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WELFARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84858965440     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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