The use and effectiveness of an emergency department observation unit for elderly patients
- 1 May 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Annals of Emergency Medicine
- Vol. 41 (5) , 668-677
- https://doi.org/10.1067/mem.2003.153
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