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Differences in triage category, priority level and hospitalization rate between young-old and old-old patients visiting the emergency department

BACKGROUND: Emergency Department (ED) are challenged by the increasing number of visits made by the heterogeneous population of elderly persons. This study aims to 1) compare chief complaints (triage categories) and level of priority; 2) to investigate their association with hospitalization after an...

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Autores principales: Vilpert, Sarah, Monod, Stéfanie, Jaccard Ruedin, Hélène, Maurer, Jürgen, Trueb, Lionel, Yersin, Bertrand, Büla, Christophe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29907110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3257-9