Predictors of Emergency Room Access and Not Urgent Emergency Room Access by the Frail Older Adults

• Main Authors: Susanna Gentili (Author), Leonardo Emberti Gialloreti (Author), Fabio Riccardi (Author), Paola Scarcella (Author), Giuseppe Liotta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Emergency rooms (ERs) overcrowded by older adults have been the focus of public health policies during the recent COVID-19 outbreak too. This phenomenon needed a change in the nursing care of older frail people. Health policies have tried to mitigate the frequent use of ER by implementin...