2024
End‐of‐life emergency department use and healthcare expenditures among older adults: A nationally representative study
Gettel C, Kitchen C, Rothenberg C, Song Y, Hastings S, Kennedy M, Ouchi K, Haimovich A, Hwang U, Venkatesh A. End‐of‐life emergency department use and healthcare expenditures among older adults: A nationally representative study. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024 PMID: 39311623, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd-of-lifeOut-of-pocket spendingED visitsTotal healthcare spendingMedicare beneficiariesHealthcare spendingEmergency departmentOlder adultsMedicare Current Beneficiary Survey dataAnalysis of Medicare beneficiariesPooled cross-sectional analysisEmergency department usePrimary outcomeDecreased likelihoodDiagnosis of dementiaOut-of-pocket costsNationally representative studyNationally representative sampleAdult decedentsHospice statusDepartment useED useED servicesHealth careHealthcare expenditures
2022
Mapping emergency department asthma visits to identify poor-quality housing in New Haven, CT, USA: a retrospective cohort study
Samuels EA, Taylor RA, Pendyal A, Shojaee A, Mainardi AS, Lemire ER, Venkatesh AK, Bernstein SL, Haber AL. Mapping emergency department asthma visits to identify poor-quality housing in New Haven, CT, USA: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Public Health 2022, 7: e694-e704. PMID: 35907420, PMCID: PMC9387147, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(22)00143-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency department useRetrospective cohort studyEmergency departmentDepartment useCohort studyAsthma-related emergency departmentPoor housing conditionsAsthma incidence ratesEmergency department asthmaTertiary emergency departmentAsthma-related morbidityEmergency department visitsPoor quality housingHealth Sciences CenterHousing conditionsHousing inspectionDepartment visitsPatient ageRegression modelsAsthma incidenceUnique patientsIncidence rateAsthmaPatient addressesElevated incidence