[Emergency department visits by nursing home residents: analysis of routine data from an urban hospital].

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of emergency department (ED) visits in Germany continues to increase, especially by older people and persons receiving care.

Objectives

We aimed to characterize ED visits by nursing home residents (NHR) in Germany.

Materials and methods

We analyzed routine data of a hospital without trauma surgery (Pius-Hospital Oldenburg). All ED visits by NHR in the period 06/2014-05/2017 were selected from the hospital information system.

Results

Of 47,270 ED visits, 1676 (3.6%) were NHR (mean age: 78.8 years; 62.9% women; 40.3% were referred). Of them, 20.1% were on weekends and 80.6% occurred between 8 am-8 pm. A total of 84.2% visits led to hospitalization; the length of stay was 1 day for 21.1% and 2-3 days for another 14.6%. With longer length of s

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10564807 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature