Frequent users of emergency departments: Developing standard definitions and defining prominent risk factors

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-32

  Doupe, Malcolm B ^a,b   Palatnick, Wes ^b   Day, Suzanne ^c   Chateau, Dan ^a,b   Soodeen, Ruth Ann ^a   Burchill, Charles ^a   Derksen, Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862693344     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.11.036     Document Type: Article

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