Association between age older than 75 years and exceeded target waiting times in the emergency department: A multicenter cross-sectional survey in the paris metropolitan area, France

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 449-456

  Freund, Yonathan ^a,d   Vincent Cassy, Christophe ^b   Bloom, Benjamin ^c   Riou, Bruno ^a,d   Ray, Patrick ^a,d  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT WAITING TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84886949204     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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