Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults for Motor Vehicle Collisions
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Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults for Motor Vehicle Collisions
INTRODUCTION To describe the epidemiology and characteristics of emergency department (ED) visits by older adults for motor vehicle collisions (MVC) in the United States (U.S.). METHODS We analyzed ED visits for MVCs using data from the 2003-2007 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). Using U.S. Census data, we calculated annual incidence rates of driver or passenger MVC-r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.2.12230