Prevalence of nonmedical problems among older adults presenting to the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 651-658

  Stevens, Tarshona B ^a   Richmond, Natalie L ^b   Pereira, Gregory F ^c   Shenvi, Christina L ^c   Platts Mills, Timothy F ^c  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MONEY; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELDER ABUSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PAIN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904005482     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12395     Document Type: Article

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