Medical demographics in sub-Saharan Africa: Does the proportion of elderly patients in accident and emergency units mirror life expectancy trends?
J Emerg Trauma Shock
.
2016 Jul-Sep;9(3):122-5.
doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.185278.
Authors
Thomas R Wojda
1
,
Kristine Cornejo
2
,
Pamela L Valenza
2
,
Gregory Carolan
3
,
Richard P Sharpe
1
,
Alaa-Eldin A Mira
4
,
Sagar C Galwankar
5
,
Stanislaw Peter Stawicki
1
Affiliations
1
Department of Surgery, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA. E-mail: stanislaw.stawicki@sluhn.org.
2
Department of Family Medicine-Warren, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
3
Department of Orthopedics, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
4
Department of Geriatrics, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
5
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
PMID:
27512334
PMCID:
PMC4960779
DOI:
10.4103/0974-2700.185278
No abstract available