Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults for Motor Vehicle Collisions

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 (NH...

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Main Authors:	Vogel, Jody A., Ginde, Adit A., Lowenstein, Steven R., Betz, Marian E.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2013-11-01
Series:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:	older adult geriatrics aged motor vehicle crashes injury prevalence emergency medicine National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults for Motor Vehicle Collisions: A Five-Year National Study
Online Access:	http://escholarship.org/uc/item/44w191sg

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