Why do Palliative Care Patients Present to the Emergency Department? Avoidable or Unavoidable?

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 253-256

  Wallace, Elaine M ^a,b   Cooney, Mary C ^a   Walsh, Jackie ^a   Conroy, Marian ^a,c   Twomey, Feargal ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Milford Care Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

avoidable; emergency department; palliative care; patient; presentation; unnecessary

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84876213396     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112447285     Document Type: Article

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