Is the increase in emergency short-stay admissions sustainable? Trends across Melbourne, 2000 to 2009

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 610-616

  Lowthian, Judy A ^a   Stoelwinder, Johannes U ^a   Mcneil, John J ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care model; Elderly; Emergency admission; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870689590     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01609.x     Document Type: Article

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