The interaction between geriatric & neighborhood vulnerability: delineating pre-hospital risk among older adult emergency general surgery patients - Zogg CK, Falvey JR, Kodadek LM, Staudenmayer KL, Davis KA.

BACKGROUND: When presenting for EGS care, older adults frequently experience increased risk of adverse outcomes owing to factors related to age ('geriatric vulnerability') and the social determinants of health unique to the places in which they live ('neig...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news