Predictors of care home resident conveyance to hospital or referral to community pathways by a regional ambulance service attending medical emergencies: a retrospective cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care home residents are at higher risk compared with community dwelling elders for medical emergencies, often resulting in ambulance attendance and conveyance to hospital. We aimed to determine the factors predicting care home resident conveyance to hospital or referral to community pathways by an ambulance service.

Methods

We used a retrospective cross-sectional study design analysing routine data from electronic clinical records from East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS). Data comprised all patients including care home residents attended by ambulance from 2018 to 2021. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify the main predictors of conveyance to hospital or referral to community services.

Results

Data included 170,612 atte

SUBMITTER: Siriwardena AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603973 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature