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Can dedicated emergency team and area for older people reduce the hospital admission rate?: An observational pre- and post-intervention study
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden;Södersjukhuset, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden;Södersjukhuset, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden;Södersjukhuset, Sweden.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of computer science and media technology (CM).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3738-7945
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2021 (English)In: BMC Geriatrics, E-ISSN 1471-2318, Vol. 21, no 1, p. 1-8, article id 115Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

BackgroundEmergency department (ED) care of older patients is often complex. Geriatric ED guidelines can help to meet this challenge. However, training requirements, the use of time-consuming tools for comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), a lack of golden standard to identify the frail patients, and the weak evidence of positive outcomes of using CGA in EDs pose barriers to introduce the guidelines. Dedicating an interprofessional team of regular ED medical and nursing staff and an older-friendly ED area can be another approach. Previous studies of geriatrician-led CGA in EDs have reported a reduced hospital admission rate. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a dedicated interprofessional emergency team also can reduce the hospital admission rate without the resources required by the formal use of CGA.MethodsAn observational pre-post study at a large adult ED, where all patients 80years or older arriving on weekdays in the intervention period from 2016.09.26 to 2016.11.28 and the corresponding weekdays in the previous year from 2015.09.28 to 2015.11.30 were included.In the intervention period, older patients either received care in the geriatric module by the dedicated team or in the regular team modules for patients of mixed ages. In 2015, all patients received care in regular team modules. The primary outcome measure was the total hospital admission rate and the ED length of stay was the secondary outcome measure.ResultsWe included 2377 arrivals in the intervention period, when 26.7% (N=634) received care in the geriatric module, and 2207 arrivals in the 2015 period. The total hospital admission rate was 61.7% (N=1466/2377) in the intervention period compared to 64.8% (N=1431/2207) in 2015 (p=0.03). The difference was larger for patients treated in the geriatric module, 51.1% compared to 62.1% (95% CI: 56.3 to 68.0%) for patients who would have been eligible in 2015. The ED length of stay was longer in the intervention period.ConclusionsAn interprofessional team and area dedicated to older patients was associated to a lower hospital admission rate. Further studies are needed to confirm the results.

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BioMed Central, 2021. Vol. 21, no 1, p. 1-8, article id 115
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Emergency department, Older patients, Hospital admission, Length of stay, Interprofessional, Teamwork
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Health and Caring Sciences, Health Informatics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-101683DOI: 10.1186/s12877-021-02044-wISI: 000619650200001PubMedID: 33568087Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85100955568OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-101683DiVA, id: diva2:1539893
Available from: 2021-03-25 Created: 2021-03-25 Last updated: 2024-07-04Bibliographically approved

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