Characterizing the Long-term Care and Community-dwelling Elderly Patients' Use of the Emergency Department

Introduction Elderly patients, particularly those in long-term care (LTC), are a growing proportion of patients who present to the emergency department (ED). This population is medically complex, with high burdens on ED resources and patient flow. This study sought to characterize how elderly LTC an...

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Autores principales: Trivedi, Sachin, Roberts, Christopher, Karreman, Erwin, Lyster, Kish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6349572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30705794
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3642

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6349572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30705794
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3642

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