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Emergency department frequent flyers: unnecessary load or a lifeline?
Author(s) -
Fulde Gordian W O,
Duffy Martin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00407.x
Subject(s) - emergency department , citation , library science , medicine , computer science , psychiatry
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 19 June 2006 184 12 595-595 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2006 www.mja.com.au Editorials represented among people attending emergency dep Frequent attenders to emergency departments are eous group — a mix of patients with chronic me health, alcohol and drug problems, as well as other issues. Individual patients often have a combinati all of the above problems. Interestingly, the frequen ance may change with time, although patients with p Caring for those who cannot or will not care for themselves