Patients Refusing Prehospital Transport Are Increasingly Likely to Be Geriatric

Patients Refusing Prehospital Transport Are Increasingly Likely to Be Geriatric

Objective. Elderly patients are becoming an increasingly larger proportion of our population, and there is a paucity of data regarding the epidemiology of geriatric patients refusing transport. Treatment refusal rates range from 5% to 15% in many studies. This study sought to test the hypothesis th...

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Main Authors: Peyton Holder, Annette O. Arthur, Grady Thiems, Travis Redmon, Matt Thomas, Jeffrey M. Goodloe, T. J. Reginald, Stephen H. Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Emergency Medicine International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/905976
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