30-Day Emergency Department Revisit Rates among Older Adults with Documented Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Published literature on national emergency department (ED) revisit rates among older adults with dementia is sparse, despite anecdotal evidence of higher ED utilization. Thus we evaluated the odds ratio (OR) of 30-day ED revisits among older adults with dementia using a nationally representative sample.

Design

We assessed the frequency of claims associated with a 30-day ED revisit among Medicare beneficiaries with and without a dementia diagnosis before or at index ED visit. We used a logistic regression model controlling for dementia, age, sex, race, region, Medicaid status, transfer to a skilled nursing facility after ED, primary care physician use 12 months before index, and comorbidity.

Setting

A nationally representative sample of claims data for Medic

SUBMITTER: Kent T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6899685 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature