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A Brief Risk-stratification Tool to Predict Repeat Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizationsin Older Patients Discharged from the Emergency Department

Stephen W. Meldon, Lorraine C. Mion, Robert M. Palmer, Barbara L. Drew, Jason T. Connor, Linda J. Lewicki, David M. Bass, Charles L. Emerman

Academic Emergency Medicine · 2003 · 256 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Older ED patients with two or more risk factors on a simple triage screening tool were found to be at significantly increased risk for subsequent ED use, hospitalization, and nursing home admission.

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