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The emergency to home project: impact of an emergency department care coordinator on hospital admission and emergency department utilization among seniors

BACKGROUND: Seniors comprise 14% to 21% of all emergency department (ED) visits, yet are disproportionately larger users of ED and inpatient resources. ED care coordinators (EDCCs) target seniors at risk for functional decline and connect them to home care and other community services in hopes of av...

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Autores principales: Bond, Christopher Matthew, Freiheit, Elizabeth A, Podruzny, Lesley, Kingsly, Alianu Akawakun, Wang, Dongmei, Davenport, Jamie, Gutscher, Abram, Askin, Cathy, Taylor, Allison, Lee, Vivian, Choo, Queenie, Lang, Eddy Samuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24982694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-7-18