Risk of unplanned emergency department readmission after an acute-care hospital discharge among geriatric inpatients: results from the geriatric EDEN cohort study

Cédric Annweiler (1) , Céline Lancelot (1) , Cindy Gilles , C. Launay , L. de Decker , A. Kabeshova , Olivier Beauchet

1 LPPL - Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire

The study aims 1) to examine whether items of the brief geriatric assessment (BGA) or their combinations predicted the risk of unplanned emergency department readmission after an acute care hospital discharge among geriatric inpatients, and 2) to determine whether BGA could be used as a prognostic tool for unplanned emergency department readmission.

Keywords: Risks factors; Cohort Studies; Geriatric Assessment/methods

Domains: Psychology; Geriatry and gerontology

Cédric Annweiler, Céline Lancelot, Cindy Gilles, C. Launay, L. de Decker, et al.. Risk of unplanned emergency department readmission after an acute-care hospital discharge among geriatric inpatients: results from the geriatric EDEN cohort study. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 2016, 20 (2), pp.210-217. ⟨10.1007/s12603-015-0624-7⟩. ⟨hal-03321828⟩