Medical demographics in sub-Saharan Africa: Does the proportion of elderly patients in accident and emergency units mirror life expectancy trends?

Thomas R Wojda¹, Kristine Cornejo², Pamela L Valenza², Gregory Carolan³, Richard P Sharpe¹, Alaa-Eldin A Mira⁴, Sagar C Galwankar⁵, Stanislaw Peter Stawicki^1
1 Department of Surgery, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA
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

Correspondence Address:
Stanislaw Peter Stawicki
Department of Surgery, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA
USA

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.185278