Influence of demographic changes on the number of visits to hospital emergency departments: 13 years' experience

• Main Authors: José Lorenzo Guerra Diez (Author), Luis Gaite Pindado (Author), Cristina Álvarez Álvarez (Author), María Teresa Leonardo Cabello (Author), Lino Álvarez Granda (Author), María Jesús Cabero Pérez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: The aim of the present study is to describe the trend in volume and age-specific rates in visits to the paediatric emergency department of a university teaching hospital in Cantabria (Spain) from January 2001 to December 2013, and evaluate the influence of population growth on emergency d...