Evolving Prehospital, Emergency Department, and "Inpatient" Management Models for Geriatric Emergencies

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-47

  Carpenter, Christopher R ^a   Platts Mills, Timothy F ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management organization and administration; Emergency medical services; Emergency service, hospital; Geriatrics; Models organizational

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL;

EID: 84870021514     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2012.09.003     Document Type: Review

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