Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations: Transitional Care Nurses and Hospital Use
Hwang U, Dresden SM, Rosenberg MS, Garrido MM, Loo G, Sze J, Gravenor S, Courtney DM, Kang R, Zhu CW, Vargas‐Torres C, Grudzen CR, Richardson LD, Investigators T. Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations: Transitional Care Nurses and Hospital Use. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2018, 66: 459-466. PMID: 29318583, PMCID: PMC6764445, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransitional care nursesIndex ED visitED revisitsED visitsCare nursesInpatient admissionsHospital useProspective observational cohortU.S. EDsClinical characteristicsObservational cohortSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeEmergency departmentObserved selection biasLower riskAdmissionCare staffGreater riskStudy periodRiskOutcomesSelection biasNursesVisits