ArticleBMC health services research2025
Variation in emergency department visits among residents of Swedish nursing homes between 2019 and 2020, a population-based cohort study.
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backgroundNursing homes have limited capacity to provide medical care to clinically frail residents and therefore rely on transferring residents to hospital-based emergency departments when acute medical needs arise. The utilization of emergency department care varies between nursing homes but the extent of this variation is unexplored. Further, the effect of organizational characteristics of nursing homes on emergency department utilization is unknown. This study aims to characterize the variation in emergency department visit rates between nursing homes, and to identify contextual and organizational characteristics that contribute to this variation. STUDY
designPopulation-based cohort study of individuals living in nursing homes during 2019 and 2020 in Sweden.
methodsNational registry data on nursing home residents were linked to nursing homes based on civil- and business registration addresses. Emergency department visits were identified for each resident in the national patient registry and measured as incidence rates per nursing home. Multi-level analysis was performed to investigate the association between emergency department visit rates, and contextual and organizational characteristics of nursing homes.
resultsThe median incidence rate of emergency department visits from nursing homes was 5.2 per 100 person-months in 2019 (IQR = 3.7–6.9) and 4.4 per 100 person-months in 2020 (IQR = 3.0–5.7). Individuals living in nursing homes in the most rural locations had lower odds of emergency department visits (OR 0.51, 95% CI 0.41–0.61 versus the most urban locations). Moreover, individuals in nursing homes specialized in dementia care had lower odds of emergency department visits (OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.87–0.94 versus somatic care).
conclusionThe results suggest that the location and organizational characteristics of nursing homes may have an impact on the utilization of medical services by the nursing home resident population. Further research is warranted to investigate any ensuing health inequities. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: Not applicable.
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