Potentially preventable visits to the emergency department in older adults: Results from a national survey in Italy.

Potentially preventable visits to the emergency department in older adults: Results from a national survey in Italy.

Despite older adults use emergency department more appropriately than other age groups, there is a significant share of admissions that can be considered potentially preventable.To identify socio-demographic characteristics and health care resources use of older adults admitted to emergency departme...

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Main Authors: Beatrice Gasperini, Antonio Cherubini, Francesca Pierri, Pamela Barbadoro, Massimiliano Fedecostante, Emilia Prospero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5739429?pdf=render

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