The elder-friendly emergency department assessment tool: Development of a quality assessment tool for emergency department-based geriatric care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1534-1539

  McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Verdon, Josée ^a,c   Vadeboncoeur, Alain ^d   Lévesque, Jean Frédéric ^e   Sinha, Samir K ^f,g,h   Kim, Katherine Y ^b   Belzile, Eric ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; emergency department; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC;

EID: 84865126988     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04058.x     Document Type: Article

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