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