Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 769-774 , June 2008

Increasing Rates of Emergency Department Visits for Elderly Patients in the United States, 1993 to 2003

Presented at the Research Forum of the American College of Emergency Physicians, September 2006, New Orleans, LA.

  • David C. Roberts, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Mary Pat McKay, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Mary Pat McKay, MD, MPH, Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 2B, Washington, DC 20037; 202-741-2911
    • ,
  • Alison Shaffer, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health and Prevention, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC

Received 15 May 2007 ,Revised 28 August 2007 ,Accepted 17 September 2007.

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 Supervising editor: Rita K. Cydulka, MD, MS

 Author contributions: DR obtained the data, performed the statistical analysis, and drafted the article. MPM supervised the project from the beginning, including conceptualization, and edited the article through several revisions. AS was integral in the writing and interpretation of the final product. MPM takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that may create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication dates: Available online December 11, 2007.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)01548-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.09.011

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 769-774 , June 2008

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