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Emergency department use by oldest-old patients from 2005 to 2010 in a Swiss university hospital
BACKGROUND: Aging of the population in all western countries will challenge Emergency Departments (ED) as old patients visit these health services more frequently and present with special needs. The aim of this study is to describe the trend in ED visits by patients aged 85 years and over between 20...
Autores principales: | Vilpert, Sarah, Ruedin, Hélène Jaccard, Trueb, Lionel, Monod-Zorzi, Stéfanie, Yersin, Bertrand, Büla, Christophe |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3846121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24011089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-344 |
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