Why older patients of lower clinical urgency choose to attend the emergency department

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-65

  Lowthian, J A ^a   Smith, C ^b   Stoelwinder, J U ^a   Smit, D V ^b   McNeil, J J ^a   Cameron, P A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Geriatric; Patient perspective; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 84870066137     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02842.x     Document Type: Article

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