Emergency department and outpatient treatment of acute injuries in older adults in the United States: 2009-2010

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1317-1323

  Betz, Marian E ^a   Ginde, Adit A ^a   Southerland, Lauren T ^b   Caterino, Jeffrey M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory clinic; emergency department; injury; older adult; outpatient

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AMBULATORY CLINIC; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; INJURY; OLDER ADULT; OUTPATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84904472379     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12877     Document Type: Article

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