Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 178-183 , November 2008

Predictive outcomes for older people who present to the emergency department

  • Julia Crilly, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Gold Coast Hospital, Qld, Australia
    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Qld, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Emergency Department, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport Campus, 108 Nerang Street, Southport, Queensland 4215, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 55 197754; fax: +61 7 55 198313.
    • ,
  • Wendy Chaboyer, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Qld, Australia
    • ,
  • Marianne Wallis, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Qld, Australia
    • Nursing Education and Research Unit, Gold Coast Health Service District, Qld, Australia
    • ,
  • Lukman Thalib, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Qld, Australia
    • Department of Community Medicine (Biostatistics), Kuwait University, Kuwait
    • ,
  • David Green, MBBS, FACEM

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Gold Coast Hospital, Qld, Australia

Received 20 May 2008 ,Revised 15 July 2008 ,Accepted 20 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2008.07.002

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 178-183 , November 2008

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