Differences in triage category, priority level and hospitalization rate between young-old and old-old patients visiting the emergency department.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Emergency Department (ED) are challenged by the increasing number of visits made by the heterogeneous population of elderly persons. This study aims to 1) compare chief complaints (triage categories) and level of priority; 2) to investigate their association with hospitalization after an ED visit; 3) to explore factors explaining the difference in hospitalization rates among community-dwelling older adults aged 65-84 vs 85+ years. METHODS:All ED visits of patients age 65 and over that occurred between 2005 and 2010 to the University of Lausanne Medical Center were analyzed. Associations of hospitalization with triage categories and level of priority using regressions were compared between the two age groups. Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition was performed to explore how much age-rela

SUBMITTER: Vilpert S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6003168 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature