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Potentially preventable visits to the emergency department in older adults: Results from a national survey in Italy

BACKGROUND: Despite older adults use emergency department more appropriately than other age groups, there is a significant share of admissions that can be considered potentially preventable. OBJECTIVE: To identify socio-demographic characteristics and health care resources use of older adults admitt...

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Autores principales: Gasperini, Beatrice, Cherubini, Antonio, Pierri, Francesca, Barbadoro, Pamela, Fedecostante, Massimiliano, Prospero, Emilia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5739429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29267333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189925