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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Mar 6;66(4):760–765. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15299

Table 1. Characteristics of ED Patient Visits According to Whether They Received a Hendrich II Score and Fall Visit Variables by Outcome.

Characteristics of ED patient visits according to whether the received a Hendrich II score and fall Visit Variables by Outcome: All numbers are displayed as Proportion(standard deviation) with the exception of Age and HCC, which are displayed as Mean(standard deviation).

All Older Adult
ED Visits With
UW PCP With
Discharge
All Older adults
discharged who
have a HII score
Discharged Pts
with a Hendrich II
score and no return
Discharged Pts
with a Hendrich II
who Do return
N (%) 6595 (100%) 4366 (66.2%) 4003 363
Age 76.1 (8.4) 75.5 (8.2) 75.3 (8.1) 78.3 (8.3)
Gen (% Female) 61.0 (0.5) 60.8 (0.5) 60.2 (0.5) 67.5 (0.5)
Race
White 92.8 (0.3) 92.5 (0.3) 92.5 (0.3) 91.7 (0.3)
Nonwhite 7.2 (0.3) 7.5 (0.3) 7.5 (0.3) 8.3 (0.3)
Insurance Status
Medicaid/BadgerCare 0.3 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1)
Medicare 85.6 (0.4) 86.4 (0.3) 86.6 (0.3) 83.8 (0.4)
Commercial/Worker’s Comp 12.7 (0.3) 12.4 (0.3) 12.1 (0.3) 15.7 (0.4)
Unknown 1.3 (0.1) 0.9 (0.1) 0.95 (0.1) 0.28 (0.1)
Mode of Arrival
Family or Self 67.5 (0.5) 76.4 (0.4) 78.4 (0.4) 54.5 (0.5)
  EMS 32.3 (0.5) 23.4 (0.4) 21.4 (0.4) 44.9 (0.5)
Police 0.2 (0.0) 0.2 (0.0) 0.2 (0.0) 0.6 (0.1)
ESI Triage Acuity Score
1 0.0(0.0) N/A N/A N/A
2 19.7 (0.4) 19.5 (0.4) 19.8 (0.4) 16.5 (0.4)
3 69.3 (0.5) 68.9 (0.5) 68.6 (0.5) 71.6 (0.5)
4 10.6 (0.3) 11.2 (0.3) 11.2 (0.3) 11.3 (0.3)
5 0.4(0.1) 0.4 (0.1) 0.4 (0.1) 0.6 (0.1)
Mean HCC score 1.45 (1.3) 1.40 (1.2) 1.35 (1.2) 1.95 (1.4)
Fall at index visit 16.3(0.4) 14.0 (0.3) 12.6 (0.3) 28.9 (0.5)
Rate of Return for Fall at 180 days 9.6(0.3) 8.4 (0.3) N/A N/A