Hospital Costs and Reimbursement Model for a Geriatric Emergency Department.
Lauren T SoutherlandElizabeth L SavageKatrina Muska DuffJeffrey M CaterinoTina R BergadosKatherine M HunoldGeoffrey I FinneganGregory ArchualPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)
The additional equipment and personnel costs for comprehensive geriatric assessment in the ED are potentially financially justified by revenue generation and improvements in patient safety measures. A geriatric ED was associated with a decrease in patient falls in the ED but did not decrease admissions or ED recidivism.