A profile of acute care in an aging America: Snowball sample identification and characterization of united states geriatric emergency departments in 2013

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-346

  Hogan, Teresita M ^a   Olade, Tolulope Oyeyemi ^a   Carpenter, Christopher R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEARCH ENGINE; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL AID; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896382805     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12332     Document Type: Article

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