Why the study?
Given the focus on avoiding unnecessary hospitalizations, better understanding admission decision-making is needed for patients assessed as having low medical acuity at the time of decision.
Population
452 ED admission requests assessed as potentially inappropriate based on lack of medical acuity
Comparison
Hospital admission vs discharge from the ED
Design
Cross-sectional study
Authors
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These associations should not yet alter ED triage; leaves open whether addressing non-medical factors reduces low-acuity admissions.
Non-medical factors such as age over 65, homelessness, and night/weekend presentation significantly predict hospital admission for low-acuity ED patients.
Eslami et al. (2020) studied this question.
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