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Association of a Geriatric Emergency Department Innovation Program With Cost Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Hwang U, Dresden SM, Vargas-Torres C, Kang R, Garrido MM, Loo G, Sze J, Cruz D, Richardson LD, Adams J, Aldeen A, Baumlin KM, Courtney DM, Gravenor S, Grudzen CR, Nimo G, Zhu CW, Abraham G, Amoko C, Genes N, Morano B, Nassisi D, Ortiz J, Rivera-Reyes L, Sanon M, Shapiro J, Winkel G, Malik S, Rosenberg M, Christensen M, Karounos M, Schultz R, Sumberg D. Association of a Geriatric Emergency Department Innovation Program With Cost Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2037334. PMID: 33646311, PMCID: PMC7921898, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCost SavingsCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency Service, HospitalFee-for-Service PlansGeriatric AssessmentHealth Services for the AgedHospital CostsHospitalsHumansMedicarePatient CareReferral and ConsultationSocial WorkTransitional CareUnited StatesConceptsTransitional care nursesFirst ED visitIndex ED visitED visitsMAIN OUTCOMEMedicare feeMedicare beneficiariesService beneficiariesEmergency department programComparison groupCross-sectional studyUnique Medicare beneficiariesLower Medicare expendituresMost patientsMean ageCare nursesVisit encountersCare programGeriatric treatmentCost outcomesPatient careMedicare expendituresHealth systemMean savingsPatients
2014
Is all pain is treated equally? A multicenter evaluation of acute pain care by age
Hwang U, Belland LK, Handel DA, Yadav K, Heard K, Rivera-Reyes L, Eisenberg A, Noble MJ, Mekala S, Valley M, Winkel G, Todd KH, Morrison R. Is all pain is treated equally? A multicenter evaluation of acute pain care by age. Pain 2014, 155: 2568-2574. PMID: 25244947, PMCID: PMC4250377, DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.09.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute pain careFinal pain scoreOlder patientsYounger patientsPain carePain scoresCross-sectional observation studyType of painPatient-related characteristicsHealth care settingsFracture painAbdominal painPain medicationPain conditionsPain treatmentEmergency departmentCare treatmentCare settingsMulticenter evaluationPainPatientsOlder adultsCareAnalgesicsGreater reduction
2005
Reasons for Using the Emergency Department: Results of the EMPATH Study
Ragin DF, Hwang U, Cydulka RK, Holson D, Haley LL, Richards CF, Becker BM, Richardson LD, Investigators T. Reasons for Using the Emergency Department: Results of the EMPATH Study. Academic Emergency Medicine 2005, 12: 1158-1166. PMID: 16282515, DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.06.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentChart reviewPatients' reasonsHospital emergency departmentSource of careAdult patientsED carePatient interviewsHospital characteristicsObservational studyPatient accessLevel of agreementMedical necessityU.S. hospitalsCarePatientsAfrican AmericansLack of accessStructured interviewsInsurance dataPrincipal reasonEthnic groupsExploratory analysisLast resortDepartment