Individual and contextual predictors of emergency department visits among community-living older adults: a register-based prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the extent to which contextual factors explain emergency department (ED) visits and ED revisits, additional to that explained by individual factors.

Design

A register-based prospective cohort study.

Setting

Swedish region of Dalarna.

Participants

Participants were 16 543 community-living adults aged 80 or older who were residents of the Dalarna region of Sweden, excluding older adults who moved out of Dalarna or into residential care during the study period.

Outcome measures

Dependent variables were initial ED visit, and at least one ED revisit within 30 days of an initial ED visit.

Results

Approximately 36% of the participants visited the ED during the study period with 18.9% returning to the ED within 30 days. For both init

SUBMITTER: Naseer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830250 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature