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Characteristics of Older Adults Admitted to Hospital versus Those Discharged Home, in Emergency Department Patients Referred to Internal Medicine
BACKGROUND: Frail older adults present to the Emergency Department (ED) with complex medical, functional, and social needs. When these needs can be addressed promptly, discharge is possible, and when they cannot, hospital admission is required. We evaluated the care needs of frail older adults in th...
Autores principales: | Hominick, Kathryn, McLeod, Victoria, Rockwood, Kenneth |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Canadian Geriatrics Society
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815936/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27076860 http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.19.195 |
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