Resident transfers from aged care facilities to emergency departments: Can they be avoided?
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Resident transfers from aged care facilities to emergency departments: Can they be avoided?
OBJECTIVE Residents from aged care facilities make up a considerable proportion of ED presentations. There is evidence that many residents transferred from aged care facilities to EDs could be managed by primary care services. The present study aimed to describe the characteristics of residents transferred from residential aged care facilities to EDs, and to evaluate the appropriateness and cos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Australasia
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1742-6731,1742-6723
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12433