Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 5 , Pages 668-677, May 2003

The use and effectiveness of an emergency department observation unit for elderly patients☆☆☆

Preliminary results of this study were presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual conference, Atlanta, GA, May 2001.

Department of Emergency Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.

Received 14 May 2002; received in revised form 8 November 2002; accepted 6 December 2002.

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☆ The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Michael Ross, MD, Emergency Medicine, 3601 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769; 248-551-3080, fax 248-551-2016; E-mail maross@beaumont.edu .

PII: S0196-0644(03)00169-0

doi:10.1067/mem.2003.153

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 5 , Pages 668-677, May 2003

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