Referrals to hospital emergency departments from residential aged care facilities: Stuck in a time warp

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-233

  O'Connell, Beverly ^a,b   Hawkin, Mary ^a   Considine, Julie ^a   Au, Considine ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Emergency department; Nursing home; Residential aged care; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892535288     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2013.45.2.228     Document Type: Article

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