Associations between care home residents' characteristics and acute hospital admissions - a retrospective, register-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care home residents are frail, multi-morbid, and have an increased risk of experiencing acute hospitalisations and adverse events. This study contributes to the discussion on preventing acute admissions from care homes. We aim to describe the residents' health characteristics, survival after care home admission, contacts with the secondary health care system, patterns of admissions, and factors associated with acute hospital admissions.

Method

Data on all care home residents aged 65 + years living in Southern Jutland in 2018-2019 (n = 2601) was enriched with data from highly valid Danish national health registries to obtain information on characteristics and hospitalisations. Characteristics of care home residents were assessed by sex and age group. Factors associ

SUBMITTER: Kristensen GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10114422 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature