The present paper presents an agenda for geriatric emergency medicine research,
education and policy development. Herein we will argue: 1. Population ageing is the …

Objective: To determine the pattern and outcome of medical admissions as well as the basic
demographic characteristics in medical wards of a tertiary health center located in a rural …

Background: Degenerative diseases most commonly affect the elderly. The management of
these chronic diseases is also very expensive, thereby making it out-of-pocket expenditure …

Background/aim: The number of elderly people ($\ge $65 years old) is increasing both in
Turkey and internationally due to improved living conditions and decreased mortality rates …

Background: Considering the increase in the population of elderly persons as a result of
increase in the life expectancy owing to the advancements in the field of medical science …

Visits by older people to the Emergency Department (ED) have increased in recent decades
with higher revisiting and admission rates after discharge, particularly for those with frailties …

Aim: Using of EDs by the geriatric population is being increased in parallel to increase of our
geriatric population. Objective of this study was to demonstrate what can be done for the …

Background Hong Kong is having a significant prevalence of geriatric patients who usually
require admission after presentation to the hospital through emergency departments. The …

Background: The aims of this study were to characterize the patients seeking acute care for
injury and noninjury complaints in an urban Emergency Department in Ghana in order to 1) …

Introduction: quality of life and life expectancy of people are improved when preventive
health care services are utilized because these identify treatable health problems and puts …