2019
30‐Day Emergency Department Revisit Rates among Older Adults with Documented Dementia
Kent T, Lesser A, Israni J, Hwang U, Carpenter C, Ko KJ. 30‐Day Emergency Department Revisit Rates among Older Adults with Documented Dementia. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2019, 67: 2254-2259. PMID: 31403717, PMCID: PMC6899685, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndex ED visitED revisitsEmergency departmentED visitsDementia diagnosisIndex encounterOdds ratioOlder adultsMedicare beneficiariesEmergency department revisit rateRevisit ratesED revisit ratesHigh ED utilizationSignificant predictorsNational emergency departmentSkilled nursing facilitiesLogistic regression modelsDementia codesED utilizationMedicaid statusOutpatient claimsRepresentative sampleContinuous feeClaims dataDementia patients
2012
Predictors of patient length of stay in 9 emergency departments
Wiler JL, Handel DA, Ginde AA, Aronsky D, Genes NG, Hackman JL, Hilton JA, Hwang U, Kamali M, Pines JM, Powell E, Sattarian M, Fu R. Predictors of patient length of stay in 9 emergency departments. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2012, 30: 1860-1864. PMID: 22633732, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.03.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall LOSAmbulance diversionPredictors of LOSAnnual ED censusEmergency department lengthLength of stayPercentage of increaseLog-transformed LOSDaily percentageCalendar year 2009Multicenter studyRetrospective studyAdverse outcomesEmergency departmentED censusPatient satisfactionPatient presentationPatient categoriesPatient LOSED crowdingPatient lengthPatientsDaily admissionsStaySignificant predictors