Avoidable attendance at accident and emergency by the elderly in Hong Kong.
Postgrad Med J
; 73(857): 167-8, 1997 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-9135835
Twenty per cent of Accident and Emergency department attendance by the elderly in a regional hospital in Hong Kong were deemed 'avoidable' by the attending doctors. The 'avoidable' attendants were younger and physically more independent than the appropriate attendants, and more of them were illiterate. Half of them attended the Accident and Emergency department for somatic complaints. Strategies to reduce these 'avoidable' attendances should be formulated.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Aceptación de la Atención de Salud
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
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Mal Uso de los Servicios de Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Postgrad Med J
Año:
1997
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Hong Kong
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido