| Autor: |
Shan Liu, Feng Lin, Kalpana N Shankar, Henry Epino, Elizabeth Temin |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMJ Open, Vol 10, Iss 12 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2044-6055 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041054 |
| Popis: |
Objective Older adult falls are a national issue comprising 3 million emergency department (ED) visits and significant mortality. We sought to understand whether ED revisits and hospitalisations for fallers differed from non-fall patients through a secondary analysis of a longitudinal, statewide cohort of patients.Design We performed a secondary analysis using the non-public Patient Discharge Database and the ED data from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. This is a 5-year, longitudinal observational dataset, which was used to assess outcomes for fallers and non-fall patients, defined as anyone who did not carry a fall diagnosis during this time period.Setting 2005–2010 non-public Patient Discharge Database and the ED Data from the state of California.Participants Older adults 65 years and olderMain outcome measure ED revisits and hospitalisations for fallers and non-fall patients.Results Patients who came to the ED with an index visit of a fall were more likely to be discharged home after their fall (61.1% vs 45.0%, p |
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