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Age and sex differences in emergency department visits of nursing home residents: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Nursing home residents (NHRs) are often transferred to emergency departments (EDs). A great proportion of ED visits is considered inappropriate. There is evidence that male NHRs are more often hospitalised, but this is less clear for ED visits. It is unclear, which influence age has on E...

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Autores principales: Brucksch, Annika, Hoffmann, Falk, Allers, Katharina
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/PMC6029412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29970027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0848-6