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Unmet need and psychological distress predict emergency department visits in community-dwelling elderly women: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Unmet need to perform activities of daily living (ADL) is associated with increased use of urgent health services by the elderly. However, the reported associations may be confounded by psychological distress. We examine the independent effects of unmet need and psychological distress up...

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Autores principales: Quail, Jacqueline M, Wolfson, Christina, Lippman, Abby
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3297513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22182515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-11-86