HA Snooks, M Halter, JCT Close, WY Cheung, … - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2006 - qshc.bmj.com Introduction: A high number of emergency (999) calls are made for older people
who fall, with many patients not subsequently conveyed to hospital. Ambulance
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