| Literature DB >> 9135835 |
Abstract
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.Mesh：
Year: 1997 PMID： 9135835 PMCID： PMC2431251 DOI： 10.1136/pgmj.73.857.167
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Postgrad Med J ISSN： 0032-5473 Impact factor: 2.401