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Geriatric Emergency Medicine and the 2006 Institute of Medicine Reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the U.S. Health System
Author(s) -
Wilber Scott T.,
Gerson Lowell W.,
Terrell Kevin M.,
Carpenter Christopher R.,
Shah Manish N.,
Heard Ken,
Hwang Ula
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1197/j.aem.2006.09.050
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency , emergency department , health care , emergency medical services , emergency medicine , geriatrics , family medicine , nursing , psychiatry , economics , economic growth
Three recently published Institute of Medicine reports, Hospital‐Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point, Emergency Medical Services: At the Crossroads, and Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains, examined the current state of emergency care in the United States. They concluded that the emergency medicine system as a whole is overburdened, underfunded, and highly fragmented. These reports did not specifically discuss the effect the aging population has on emergency care now and in the future and did not discuss special needs of older patients. This report focuses on the emergency care of older patients, with the intent to provide information that will help shape discussions on this issue.