A comparison of emergency department utilization by elderly and younger adult patients presenting to three hospitals in Hong Kong

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 2 Số 1 - Trang 19-24 - 2009
Veronica Wai-Ting Yim1, Colin A. Graham1, Timothy Rainer1
1Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR

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