Access to care and health-related quality of life among older adults with nonurgent emergency department visits.

Geriatr Nurs

School of Nursing, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Published: November 2008

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