Population
5,038 elderly patients out of 25,646 adult ED encounters from a nationwide, stratified probability sample.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Elderly patients drive disproportionate ED hospitalizations; hypothesis-generating for age-specific resource planning and interventions.
Elderly patients account for nearly 20% of adult ED visits and have a four-fold higher hospitalization rate compared to younger adults, with hospitalization rates increasing with age.
Woford et al. (1996) studied this question.
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