Early death after discharge from emergency departments: analysis of national US insurance claims data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

 To measure incidence of early death after discharge from emergency departments, and explore potential sources of variation in risk by measurable aspects of hospitals and patients.

Design

 Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

 Claims data from the US Medicare program, covering visits to an emergency department, 2007-12.

Participants

 Nationally representative 20% sample of Medicare fee for service beneficiaries. As the focus was on generally healthy people living in the community, patients in nursing facilities, aged ≥90, receiving palliative or hospice care, or with a diagnosis of a life limiting illnesses, either during emergency department visits (for example, myocardial infarction) or in the year before (for example, malignancy) were excluded.

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SUBMITTER: Obermeyer Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6168034 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature