Using the Hendrich II Inpatient Fall Risk Screen to Predict Outpatient Falls After Emergency Department Visits.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the utility of routinely collected Hendrich II fall scores in predicting returns to the emergency department (ED) for falls within 6 months.

Design

Retrospective electronic record review.

Setting

Academic medical center ED.

Participants

Individuals aged 65 and older seen in the ED from January 1, 2013, through September 30, 2015.

Measurements

We evaluated the utility of routinely collected Hendrich II fall risk scores in predicting ED visits for a fall within 6 months of an all-cause index ED visit.

Results

For in-network patient visits resulting in discharge with a completed Hendrich II score (N = 4,366), the return rate for a fall within 6 months was 8.3%. When applying the score alone to predict revisit for falls among th

SUBMITTER: Patterson BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5937931 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature