Increasing rates of emergency department visits for elderly patients in the United States, 1993 to 2003.

作者: David C. Roberts , Mary Pat McKay , Alison Shaffer

DOI: 10.1016/J.ANNEMERGMED.2007.09.011

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摘要: … We set out to evaluate the characteristics of the patients and the visits involved in the significant increase in ED visit rates per population for older Americans. There were several main …

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