Patient visits to the emergency department at a Norwegian university hospital: Variations in patient gender and age, timing of visits, and patient acuity

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 462-466

  Bjørnsen, Lars Petter ^a   Uleberg, Oddvar ^a   Dale, Jostein ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT ACUITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

DEMOGRAPHICS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878112346     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201191     Document Type: Article

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