Impact of a new senior emergency department on emergency department recidivism, rate of hospital admission, and hospital length of stay

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 517-524

  Keyes, Daniel C ^a,b,c   Singal, Bonita ^a   Kropf, Charles W ^a   Fisk, Andrea ^a,c  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST MARY MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIDIVISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENIOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84898795472     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.10.033     Document Type: Article

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