Elderly frequent visitors to emergency departments: stories of frailty and comorbidity.

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Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy. S.C. Medicina d'Urgenza U, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italia.

Published: February 2025


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