Identification of older patients at risk of unplanned readmission after discharge from the emergency department: Comparison of two screening tools

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Graf, Christophe E ^a   Giannelli, Sandra V ^a   Herrmann, François R ^a   Sarasin, Francois P ^a   Michel, Jean Pierre ^a   Zekry, Dina ^a   Chevalley, Thierry ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Geriatric outcomes; High risk patients; Screening tools

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION OF SENIOR AT RISK SCREENING TOOL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; TRIAGE RISK STRATIFICATION TOOL; UNPLANNED READMISSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84856785992     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13327     Document Type: Article

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