Return to the ED and hospitalisation following minor injuries among older persons treated in the emergency department: predictors among independent seniors within 6 months
Author(s) -
Jacques Lee,
MarieJosée Sirois,
Lynne Moore,
Jeffrey J. Perry,
Raoul Daoust,
Lauren E. Griffith,
Andrew Worster,
Eddy Lang,
Marcel Émond
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afv054
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , observational study , telephone interview , acute care , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , prospective cohort study , health care , emergency medicine , physical therapy , psychiatry , social science , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth
minor traumatic injuries among independent older people have received little attention to date, but increasingly the impact of such injuries is being recognised.
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