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Appropriateness of transferring nursing home residents to emergency departments: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: Elderly living in a Nursing Home (NH) are frequently transferred to an Emergency Department when they need acute medical care. A proportion of these transfers may be considered inappropriate and may be avoidable. METHODS: Systematic review. Literature search performed in September 2018 u...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6341611/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30665362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1028-z |