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January 25, 2026

Emergency Department Use in the Last 90 Days of Life: A Retrospective Audit Regression Analysis.

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TOThomas OsborneZTZoi TriandafilidisSJSarah Jeong

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Overview

Retrospective audit examines emergency department admissions, revealing common symptom drivers in decedents.

Key Points

  • The aim is to analyze emergency department usage patterns and admissions in the last 90 days of life.
  • Conducted a retrospective audit of electronic clinical records.
  • Used descriptive statistics to report on ED presentation and hospital admissions.
  • Applied logistic regression to identify factors associated with ED usage rates.
  • Included 2869 ED presentations from 1730 decedents.
  • 80% of ED visits resulted in hospital admissions.
  • 92% had at least one ED visit in the last 90 days, with 18% having three or more visits.
  • 86% had at least one emergency admission, with 9.5% having three or more.
  • Increased ED usage was observed in individuals with cancer and those under 70 years.

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Osborne et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6975b350feba4585c2d6eb86https://doi.org/10.1177/08258597251413029
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