Decline in U.S. Emergency Department admission rates driven by critical pathway conditions, 2006-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite increasing ED visits, evidence suggests overall hospitalization rates have decreased; however, it is unknown what clinical conditions account for these changes. We aim to describe condition-specific trends and hospital-level variation in hospitalization rates after ED visits from 2006 to 2014.

Methods

Retrospective observational study of adult ED visits to U.S. acute care hospitals using nationally weighted data from the 2006-2014 National Emergency Department Survey. Our primary outcome was ED admission rate, defined as the number of admissions originating in the ED divided by the number of ED visits. We report admission rates overall and for each condition, including changes over time. We used logistic regression to compare the odds of ED admission from

SUBMITTER: Lin MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9563382 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature