Older veterans and emergency department discharge information.

Susan Hastings; Karen Stechuchak; Eugene Oddone; Morris Weinberger; Dana Tucker; William Knaack; Kenneth Schmader

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Older veterans and emergency department discharge information.

October 10, 2012

Hastings S, Stechuchak K, Oddone E, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(10):835-42.

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Elderly patients and their caregivers often did not understand key elements of the information they received when discharged from the emergency department, a problem also noted in prior research.

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