Older adults in jail: high rates and early onset of geriatric conditions

M Greene, C Ahalt, I Stijacic-Cenzer, L Metzger… - Health & justice, 2018 - Springer
Background The number of older adults in the criminal justice system is rapidly increasing.
While this population is thought to experience an early onset of aging-related health …

Hospital readmission from post-acute care facilities: risk factors, timing, and outcomes

RE Burke, EA Whitfield, D Hittle, S Min, C Levy… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives Hospital discharges to post-acute care (PAC) facilities have increased rapidly.
This increase may lead to more hospital readmissions from PAC facilities, which are …

The impact of disability and social determinants of health on condition-specific readmissions beyond Medicare risk adjustments: a cohort study

J Meddings, H Reichert, SN Smith, TJ Iwashyna… - Journal of general …, 2017 - Springer
Background Readmission rates after pneumonia, heart failure, and acute myocardial
infarction hospitalizations are risk-adjusted for age, gender, and medical comorbidities and …

The geriatric emergency department intervention model of care: a pragmatic trial

M Wallis, E Marsden, A Taylor, A Craswell… - BMC geriatrics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background To evaluate a Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention (GEDI)
model of service delivery for adults aged 70 years and older. Methods A pragmatic trial of …

Role of physical therapists in reducing hospital readmissions: optimizing outcomes for older adults during care transitions from hospital to community

JR Falvey, RE Burke, D Malone, KJ Ridgeway… - Physical …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Hospital readmissions in older adult populations are an emerging quality indicator for acute
care hospitals. Recent evidence has linked functional decline during and after …

Identification of functional limitations and discharge destination in patients with COVID-19

P Roberts, J Wertheimer, E Park, M Nuno… - Archives of physical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The objectives of this study were to identify functional limitations in patients with
coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) admitted to acute care hospitals; to evaluate functional …

Outcome trends of adult cancer patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation: a 13-year review

V Gallegos-Kearin, SE Knowlton… - American journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective This study describes characteristics and trends of inpatient rehabilitation among
cancer patients within the United States over a 13-yr period. Design This was a retrospective …

Predictors of readmission to acute care from inpatient rehabilitation: an integrative review

D McKechnie, J Pryor, R McKechnie, MJ Fisher - PM&R, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Readmission to acute care (RTAC) from inpatient rehabilitation can have negative
consequences for individuals and associated financial costs are increasing. Consequently …

Association of functional impairment in middle age with hospitalization, nursing home admission, and death

RT Brown, LG Diaz-Ramirez, WJ Boscardin… - JAMA internal …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Difficulty performing daily activities such as bathing and dressing (“functional
impairment”) affects nearly 15% of middle-aged adults. Older adults who develop such …

Association between intraoperative non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking agent dose and 30-day readmission after abdominal surgery

T Thevathasan, SL Shih, KC Safavi… - BJA: British Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background We hypothesised that intraoperative non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking
agent (NMBA) dose is associated with 30-day hospital readmission. Methods Data from …