Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults with Mental Illness in North Carolina
Introduction: We analyzed emergency department (ED) visits by patients with mental health disorders (MHDs) in North Carolina from 2008-2010 to determine frequencies and characteristics of ED visits by older adults with MHDs. Methods: We extracted ED visit data from the North Carolina Disease Even...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2015-12-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8qk313bz |