The impact of early emergency department allied health intervention on admission rates in older people: a non-randomized clinical study.

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Published in BMC Geriatr on March 20, 2012

Authors

Glenn Arendts1, Sarah Fitzhardinge, Karren Pronk, Mark Donaldson, Marani Hutton, Yusuf Nagree

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Level 5 MRF Building, Rear 50 Murray St, WA 6000 Perth, Australia. glenn.arendts@uwa.edu.au

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