The growing impact of older patients in the emergency department: a 5-year retrospective analysis in Brazil

The growing impact of older patients in the emergency department: a 5-year retrospective analysis in Brazil

Abstract Background The average age of the global population is rising at an increasing rate. There is a disproportional increase in Emergency Department (ED) visits by older people worldwide. In the Brazilian health system, complex and severely ill patients and those requiring specialized urgent pr...

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Main Authors: João Carlos Pereira Gomes, Roger Daglius Dias, Jacson Venancio de Barros, Irineu Tadeu Velasco, Wilson Jacob Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Aged demography
Emergency department
Older
Outcome
Routinely collected data
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-020-00341-y

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