Characterizing Emergency Department Use in Assisted Living.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Little is known about emergency department (ED) utilization among the nearly 1 million older adults residing in assisted living (AL) settings. Unlike federally regulated nursing homes, states create and enforce AL regulations with great variability, which may affect the quality of care provided. The objective of this study was to examine state variability in all-cause and injury-related ED use among residents in AL.

Design

Observational retrospective cohort study.

Setting and participants

We identified a cohort of 293,336 traditional Medicare beneficiaries residing in larger AL communities (25+ beds).

Methods

With Medicare enrollment and claims data, we identified ED visits and classified those because of injury. We present rates of all-cause and inj

SUBMITTER: Hua CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7785650 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature