Preventable emergency admissions of older adults: an observational mixed-method study of rates, associative factors and underlying causes in two Dutch hospitals.
Steef van den BroekNikki HeiwegenMargot VerhofstadReinier AkkermansLiselore van WesteropYvonne SchoonGijs HesselinkPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
Our findings contribute to existing evidence that many emergency admissions of older adults are preventable, thereby indicating a possible source of unnecessary expensive, and potentially harmful, hospital care.