Factors associated with hospital revisitation within 7 days among patients discharged at triage: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and importance

Existing data are limited for determining the medical conditions best suited for an emergency department (ED) redirection strategy in a heterogeneous, nonurgent patient population.

Objective

The aim was to establish factors associated with hospital revisits within 7 days among patients discharged or redirected by a triage team.

Design, settings, and participants

An observational single-center case-control study was conducted at the Tampere University Hospital ED for the full calendar year of 2019. The cases comprised unplanned hospital revisits within 7 days of being discharged or redirected by triage, while the controls were discharged or redirected but did not revisit.

Outcome measures and analysis

The primary outcome was an unplanne

SUBMITTER: Yla-Mattila J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11665969 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature