Background Internationally, prolonged length of stay for older adults in the emergency
department (ED) is associated with increased risk of in-hospital adverse events. In Sweden …

Aims While certain drug‐use indicators are known to be associated with clinical outcomes,
the relationship is unclear for some highly prevalent conditions in in patients aged≥ 65 …

Objective Older adults visit emergency departments (EDs) at higher rates than their younger
counterparts. However, less is known about the rate at which older adults living with …

Objectives To describe the social services received by a 2016 Swedish cohort after
discharge from inpatient geriatric care and to analyze the association between level of social …

Objective Developing and validating a risk assessment tool aiming to identify older adults
(≥ 65 years) at increased risk of possibly medication-related readmission to hospital within …

Introduction Readmissions are very costly, in monetary terms but also for the individual
patient's safety and health. Only by understanding the reasons and drivers of readmissions …

Background Preventable illnesses cause many emergency department visits in older adults,
which can be minimized by implementing appropriate transitional care interventions …

Although several short-risk-prediction instruments are used in the emergency department
(ED), there remains insufficient evidence to guide healthcare professionals on their use. The …

Stratification modeling in health services is useful to identify differential patient risk groups,
or latent classes. Given the frequency and costs, repeated emergency department (ED) may …

Objective To identify predictors of 30-day emergency department (ED) return visits in
patients age 65–79 years and age≥ 80 years. Methods This was a cohort study of older …