In-Hospital Outcomes and Costs Among Patients Hospitalized During a Return Visit to the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Unscheduled short-term return visits to the emergency department (ED) are increasingly monitored as a hospital performance measure and have been proposed as a measure of the quality of emergency care.

Objective

To examine in-hospital clinical outcomes and resource use among patients who are hospitalized during an unscheduled return visit to the ED.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective analysis of adult ED visits to acute care hospitals in Florida and New York in 2013 using data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Patients with index ED visits were identified and followed up for return visits to the ED within 7, 14, and 30 days.

Exposures

Hospital admission occurring during an initial visit to the ED vs during a return visit t

SUBMITTER: Sabbatini AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8366576 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature