Predicting hospital admission and returns to the emergency department for elderly patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Methods to accurately identify elderly patients with a high likelihood of hospital admission or subsequent return to the emergency department (ED) might facilitate the development of interventions to expedite the admission process, improve patient care, and reduce overcrowding. This study sought to identify variables found among elderly ED patients that could predict either hospital admission or return to the ED.

Methods

All visits by patients 75 years of age or older during 2007 at an academic ED serving a large community of elderly were reviewed. Clinical and demographic data were used to construct regression models to predict admission or ED return. These models were then validated in a second group of patients 75 and older who presented during two 1-month peri

SUBMITTER: LaMantia MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5985811 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature