National trends in emergency department use, care patterns, and quality of care of older adults in the United States

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-17

  Pines, Jesse M ^a,b   Mullins, Peter M ^b   Cooper, James K ^a   Feng, Lisa B ^c   Roth, Katalin E ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; older adults; quality; resource use

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872245164     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12072     Document Type: Review

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