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Pattern of emergency department visits by elderly patients: study from a tertiary care hospital, Karachi

BACKGROUND: Worldwide the proportion of elderly people in the population is increasing. Currently in Pakistan 7.3 million people (5.6% of total population) are more than 60 years old. This age shift has emerged as an important health issue and is associated with an increased utilization of emergency...

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Autores principales:	Fayyaz, Jabeen, Khursheed, Munawar, Mir, Mohammed Umer, Khan, UzmaRahim
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751048/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23937518 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-83

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