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Quality Indicators for Geriatric Emergency Care

  1. Kevin M. Terrell DO, MS,
  2. Fredric M. Hustey MD,
  3. Ula Hwang MD, MPH,
  4. Lowell W. Gerson PhD,
  5. Neil S. Wenger MD, MPH,
  6. Douglas K. Miller MD,
  7. on behalf of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Geriatric Task Force

Article first published online: 30 MAR 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00382.x

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Academic Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume 16, Issue 5, pages 441–449, May 2009

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Terrell, K. M., Hustey, F. M., Hwang, U., Gerson, L. W., Wenger, N. S., Miller, D. K. and on behalf of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Geriatric Task Force (2009), Quality Indicators for Geriatric Emergency Care. Academic Emergency Medicine, 16: 441–449. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00382.x

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  1. From the Department of Emergency Medicine (KMT), the Indiana University Center for Aging Research (KMT, DKM), and the Regenstrief Institute (KMT, DKM), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (FMH); the Department of Emergency Medicine, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY (UH); the Department of Community Health Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Summa Health System, Akron, OH (LWG); and the Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (NSW).

*Dr. Kevin M. Terrell; e-mail: kterrel@iupui.edu. Reprints will not be available.

  1. SAEM Geriatric Task Force members are listed in †

  2. This project was funded by an award from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) as part of the Geriatrics for Specialists Initiative, which is supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation. Drs. Terrell, Hustey, and Hwang are supported by Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Awards, which are funded by the AGS, the John A. Hartford Foundation, and Atlantic Philanthropies.

  3. This SAEM Geriatric Task Force Report was approved by the SAEM Board of Directors in September 2008.

  4. A related commentary appears on page 436.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 APR 2009
  2. Article first published online: 30 MAR 2009
  3. Received September 3, 2008; revisions received November 10 and November 25, 2008; accepted November 26, 2008.

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