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The association between a prolonged stay in the emergency department and adverse events in older patients admitted to hospital: a retrospective cohort study
- Correspondence to Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz, Canadian Patient Safety Institute/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Dr David Rippey Patient Safety Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax Infirmary, Suite 355, 1796 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; stacy.ackroyd{at}dal.ca
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The association between a prolonged stay in the emergency department and adverse events in older patients admitted to hospital: a retrospective cohort study
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- Accepted November 11, 2009
- First published January 5, 2011.
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June 18, 2011
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