Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults for Motor Vehicle Collisions

Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults for Motor Vehicle Collisions

Introduction: To describe the epidemiology and characteristics of emergency department (ED) visits by older adults for motor vehicle collisions (MVC) in the United States (U.S.).Methods: We analyzed ED visits for MVCs using data from the 2003–2007 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NH...

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Main Authors: Vogel, Jody A., Ginde, Adit A., Lowenstein, Steven R., Betz, Marian E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2013-11-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
older adult
geriatrics
aged
motor vehicle crashes
injury
prevalence
emergency medicine
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults for Motor Vehicle Collisions: A Five-Year National Study
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/44w191sg

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