Transforming emergency care for older adults

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2116-2121

  Hwang, Ula ^a,b   Shah, Manish N ^c   Han, Jin H ^d   Carpenter, Christopher R ^e   Siu, Albert L ^a,b   Adams, James G ^f,g  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b James J Peters Veterans Affairs Hospitals Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Northwestern Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATION UNIT; PATIENT SAFETY; SCREENING; TELEMEDICINE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890134738     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0670     Document Type: Article

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