Inappropriate and potentially avoidable emergency department visits of Swiss nursing home residents and their resource use: a retrospective chart-review.
Franziska ZúñigaKatharina GaertnerSabine K Weber-SchuhBarbara LöwMichael SimonMartin MüllerPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2022)
We revealed substantial differences between the investigated groups. While nearly one third of ED visits from nursing homes were potentially avoidable, inappropriate visits were lower in numbers and not resource-intensive. Further research is required to differentiate potentially avoidable visits from inappropriate ones and to determine these findings' public health implications.