Use of emergency departments by older people from residential care: A population based study

Use of emergency departments by older people from residential care: A population based study

Objective: to investigate the differences between emergency department (ED) presentations of older people who do and do not live in residential care facilities (RCFs). Design: a population-based retrospective cohort study. ED records linked to ambulance and hospital morbidity records. Setting: publi...

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Main Authors: Ingarfield, S., Finn, Judith, Jacobs, Ian, Gibson, N., Holman, C., Jelinek, G., Flicker, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2009
Subjects:
emergency medicine
elderly
residential facilities
aged
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33659

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33659

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