Predictors of Older Adult Adherence With Emergency Department Discharge Instructions.
Ivy BenjenkEva H DuGoffGwen Costa JacobsohnNia CayenneCourtney M C JonesThomas V CaprioJeremy T CushmanRebecca K GreenAmy J H KindMichael LohmeierRanran MiManish N ShahPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)
Older adults discharged home from the ED have mixed rates of adherence to discharge instructions. Although it is thought that some subgroups may be higher risk than others, given the opportunity to improve ED-to-home transitions, EDs and health systems should consider providing additional care transition support to all older adults discharged home from the ED.