Preferences for the emergency department or alternatives for older people in aged care: A discrete choice experiment

Age and Ageing

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 124-129

  Arendts, Glenn ^a   Jan, Stephen ^b   Beck, Matthew J ^c   Howard, Kirsten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice behaviour; Emergency medical services; Health services for the aged; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; THORAX PAIN; WRIST FRACTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FALLING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANPOWER; NURSING HOME; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGY; REMISSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; WRIST INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHEST PAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 85018291978     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw163     Document Type: Article

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