Derivation and validation of the detection of indicators and vulnerabilities for emergency room trips scale for classifying the risk of emergency department use in frail community-dwelling older adults.

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To develop and validate a prognostic case finding tool that classifies the risk of emergency department (ED) use in an older home care population.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Am Geriatr Soc

Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-5415

ISSN (Print): 0002-8614

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2015

Volume: 63

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department ofMedicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13336

PubMed ID: 25900490

SO-VID: b1607ee7-d723-46f4-b2ff-5f1a5184c481

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Keywords: case finding,community care,emergency department,home care,risk assessment

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Keywords: case finding, community care, emergency department, home care, risk assessment

Derivation and validation of the detection of indicators and vulnerabilities for emergency room trips scale for classifying the risk of emergency department use in frail community-dwelling older adults.

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