Can we improve the detection of old patients at higher risk for readmission after an emergency department visit?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1372-1373

  Graf, Christophe E ^a   Giannelli, Sandra V ^a   Herrmann, François R ^a   Sarasin, François P ^a   Michel, Jean Pierre ^a   Zekry, Dina ^a   Chevalley, Thierry ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION OF SENIOR AT RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE RISK STRATIFICATION TOOL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84863834569     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04026.x     Document Type: Letter

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