Predictors of Emergent Emergency Department Visits and Costs in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

ED use costs community-dwelling low-income housing pmc-status-qastatus 0 pmc-status-live yes pmc-status-embargo no pmc-status-released yes pmc-prop-open-access yes pmc-prop-olf no pmc-prop-manuscript no pmc-prop-legally-suppressed no pmc-prop-has-pdf yes pmc-prop-has-supplement no pmc-prop-pdf-only no pmc-prop-suppress-copyright no pmc-prop-is-real-version no pmc-prop-is-scanned-article no pmc-prop-preprint no pmc-prop-in-epmc yes pmc-license-ref CC BY-NC cover-date January-December 2018 Introduction There has been an increasing trend in the number of yearly emergency department (ED) visits by older adults in the United States. 1 – 3 Studies have shown a 25% to 34% increase in older adult ED visits over time. 1 , 2 From 2012 to 2013, a total of 20.7 million ED visits were made by older adults, corresponding to an ED visit rate o

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