Interventions targeting the elderly population to reduce emergency department utilisation: A literature review

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 738-743

  Fan, Lijun ^a   Lukin, William ^b   Zhao, Jingzhou ^c   Sun, Jiandong ^a   Hou, Xiang Yu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Bureau of Investment Promotion   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; TELEMONITORING; AGED; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; UTILIZATION;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS;

EID: 84940395843     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-203770     Document Type: Review

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