Differences in triage category, priority level and hospitalization rate between young-old and old-old patients visiting the emergency department

• Main Authors: Sarah Vilpert (Author), Stéfanie Monod (Author), Hélène Jaccard Ruedin (Author), Jürgen Maurer (Author), Lionel Trueb (Author), Bertrand Yersin (Author), Christophe Büla (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Emergency Department (ED) are challenged by the increasing number of visits made by the heterogeneous population of elderly persons. This study aims to 1) compare chief complaints (triage categories) and level of priority; 2) to investigate their association with hospitalization...