Age distribution of emergency department presentations in Victoria

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 102-107

  Freed, Gary L ^a   Gafforini, Sarah ^b   Carson, Norman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Women's Health Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Age; Emergency department; Paediatric; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; FACTUAL DATABASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; TRIAGE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84925374652     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12368     Document Type: Article

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