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
2011
Characteristics of Frequent Geriatric Users of an Urban Emergency Department
Wajnberg A, Hwang U, Torres L, Yang S. Characteristics of Frequent Geriatric Users of an Urban Emergency Department. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2011, 43: 376-381. PMID: 22040771, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.06.056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbdominal PainAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanChest PainChi-Square DistributionConfidence IntervalsEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHealth Care SurveysHealth Services AccessibilityHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleOdds RatioPatient AcuityPrimary Health CareProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesTriageUrban Health ServicesConceptsEmergency department utilizationYears of ageED usersED visitsOlder adultsFrequent Emergency Department UtilizationGeriatric usersProspective telephone surveyFrequent ED usersRetrospective chart reviewHealth-related qualityPrimary care providersUrban emergency departmentChart reviewED utilizationOlder patientsUrban EDUnique patientsEmergency departmentPrimary careOutpatient providersCare providersUsual sourceED crowdingUnivariate descriptive statistics
2001
Access to Care A Review of the Emergency Medicine Literature
Richardson L, Hwang U. Access to Care A Review of the Emergency Medicine Literature. Academic Emergency Medicine 2001, 8: 1030-1036. PMID: 11691664, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01111.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research