2023
An Outcome Comparison Between Geriatric and Nongeriatric Emergency Departments
Gettel C, Hwang U, Janke A, Rothenberg C, Tomasino D, Schneider S, Goyal P, Venkatesh A. An Outcome Comparison Between Geriatric and Nongeriatric Emergency Departments. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 82: 681-689. PMID: 37389490, PMCID: PMC10756927, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeriatric EDDiagnosis rateED lengthEmergency departmentMedian discharge rateAmerican CollegeRevisit ratesOlder adultsUrinary tract infectionAge categoriesGeriatric Emergency DepartmentHigher diagnosis ratesED visitsTract infectionsMental statusObservational studyDelirium/Outcome comparisonsData registryED statusProcess outcomesED sitesStayAnalytic sampleAdults
2018
The Impact of Incomplete Nursing Home Transfer Documentation on Emergency Department Care
Gettel CJ, Merchant RC, Li Y, Long S, Tam A, Marks SJ, Goldberg EM. The Impact of Incomplete Nursing Home Transfer Documentation on Emergency Department Care. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2018, 20: 935-941.e3. PMID: 30385229, PMCID: PMC6996106, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge health care systemHospital admissionTransfer documentationFunctional statusQuality improvement toolsDocumentation completenessHigher Charlson Comorbidity Index scoresCharlson Comorbidity Index scoreTransfer documentsComorbidity Index scoreEmergency department careEmergency department cliniciansMultivariable linear regressionCore itemsNeed of nursingHealth care systemPatient ageNH residentsRetrospective studyMental statusDocumentation completionMultivariable modelIndex scoreLogistic regressionFacility characteristics