Association of hospital and health system factors with emergency department length of stay in older adults with dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons living with dementia (PLWD) have longer lengths of stay (LOS) in the Emergency Department (ED), which increases risk of delirium, falls and medication errors. Care of PLWD in the ED is complex and presence of dementia care specialists (geriatrics, neurology, psychiatry) may streamline care. We sought to understand the contribution of health system factors, including presence of dementia care specialists, to LOS among PLWD.

Methods

We linked statewide ED visit data on patients discharged from the ED for Arkansas, Arizona, Florida and Massachusetts from the 2018 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Emergency Department Database to the American Hospital Association Annual Survey and Healthcare Information Technology supplement. We included ED visit r

SUBMITTER: Nothelle SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12465944 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature