Hospital Admission Outcomes

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• The primary outcome was acute hospital admission from the emergency department to a clinical ward or operating theatre with a stay longer than 24 hours. — Association between older patients receiving geriatric co-management at the emergency department and acute hospital admissions compared to usual care: an observational, controlled study in the Netherlands
• After inverse probability weighting, the odds ratio for hospitalisation was 0.77 with a 95% confidence interval of 0.65 to 0.91. — Association between older patients receiving geriatric co-management at the emergency department and acute hospital admissions compared to usual care: an observational, controlled study in the Netherlands
• Sensitivity analyses closely matched the main hospital admission result. — Association between older patients receiving geriatric co-management at the emergency department and acute hospital admissions compared to usual care: an observational, controlled study in the Netherlands
• The GEM model may help identify older patients who can safely receive care outside an acute hospital ward. — Association between older patients receiving geriatric co-management at the emergency department and acute hospital admissions compared to usual care: an observational, controlled study in the Netherlands
• The study suggests lower admissions may have resulted partly from transfers home or to intermediate or permanent care facilities in the GEM cohort. — Association between older patients receiving geriatric co-management at the emergency department and acute hospital admissions compared to usual care: an observational, controlled study in the Netherlands