Demography is destiny: An agenda for geriatric emergency medicine in Australasia

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-278

  Arendts, Glenn ^a,b   Lowthian, Judy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demography; Geriatrics; Hospitalisation

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

AGED; AUSTRALASIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRICS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS;

EID: 84879112213     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12073     Document Type: Note

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