Trends in short-stay hospitalizations for older adults from 1990 to 2010: Implications for geriatric emergency care

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 311-314

  Greenwald, Peter W ^a   Stern, Michael E ^a   Rosen, Tony ^b   Clark, Sunday ^a   Flomenbaum, Neal ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HOSPITAL DISCHARGE SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898600575     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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