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Socio-demographic differences in the frequent use of emergency department care by older persons: a population-based study in Stockholm County

BACKGROUND: In Sweden, the number of older people using emergency department (ED) care is rising. Among older persons an ED visit is a stressful event, which potentially could have been prevented or treated at other levels of care. Frequent ED use (> 4 visits a year) by older persons might reflec...

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Autores principales: Doheny, Megan, Agerholm, Janne, Orsini, Nicola, Schön, Pär, Burström, Bo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30922354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4029-x