Sep 8, 2002 - A Clue of Patient Demography in Disaster Medicine ... Department of Emergency Medicine, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, ...
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Age-Related Emergency Department Utilization: A Clue of Patient Demography in Disaster Medicine Chun-Hing Wong, MD1, Tzong-Luen Wang, MD, PhD2, Hang Chang, MD, PhD2, and Yi-Kung Lee, MD1 Abstract The purpose of this study is to construct a demographic of emergency department (ED) patients and determine the need of special attention on ED geriatric patients. We prospectively studied 16,925 patients who visited ED of a community teaching hospital (Upgraded to medical center in 2001) in Taipei City from April 9, 1999 to June 27, 1999.. The patients were stratified into pediatric (age
