Resource use for older people hospitalised due to injury in a Canadian integrated trauma system: a retrospective multicenter cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Injuries represent one of the leading causes of preventable morbidity and mortality. For countries with ageing populations, admissions of injured older patients are increasing exponentially. Yet, we know little about hospital resource use for injured older patients. Our primary objective was to evaluate inter-hospital variation in the risk-adjusted resource use for injured older patients. Secondary objectives were to identify the determinants of resource use and evaluate its association with clinical outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study of injured older patients (≥65 years) admitted to any trauma centres in the province of Quebec (2013-2016, N = 33,184). Resource use was estimated using activity-based costing and modelled with mu

SUBMITTER: Farhat I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814085 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature