Observational studyBMC health services research2016
Factors associated with emergency department visit within 30 days after discharge.
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- Risk screening by the emergency medical services identifies older patients at risk of emergency department readmission: a retrospective observational study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Observational
- Factors associated with emergency room readmission after elective surgery for ovarian carcinoma.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Thirty-day hospital readmission prediction model based on common data model with weather and air quality data.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Predictors of Medication-Related Emergency Department Admissions Among Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South-Western Uganda.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2021Article
- Emergency department visits and hospital readmissions in an Argentine health system.International journal of medical informatics · 2020Article
- Risk Factors for Postpartum Emergency Department Visits in an Urban Population.Maternal and child health journal · 2019Article
- Association between Inpatient Delirium and Hospital Readmission in Patients ≥ 65 Years of Age: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of hospital medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPost-discharge care remains a challenge because continuity of care is often interrupted and adverse events frequently occur. Previous studies have focused on early readmission but few have investigated emergency department (ED) visit after discharge.
methodsThis retrospective observational study was conducted between April 2011 and March 2012 in a referral center in Taiwan. Patients discharged from the general medical wards during the study period were analyzed and their characteristics, hospital course, and associated factors were collected. An ED visit within 30 days of discharge was the primary outcome while readmission or death at home were secondary outcomes.
resultsThere were 799 discharged patients analyzed, including 96 (12 %) with an ED visit of 12.4 days post-discharge and 111 (14 %) with readmissions at 13.3 days post-discharge. Sixty patients were admitted after their ED visit. Underlying chronic illnesses were associated with 72 % of ED visits. By multivariate analysis, Charlson score and the use of naso-gastric tube were independent risk factors for ED visit within 30 days after discharge.
conclusionsEarly ED visit after discharge is as high as 12 %. Patients with chronic illness and those requiring a naso-gastric tube or external biliary drain are at high risk for post-discharge ED visit.
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