Figure 2. Rates of Postdischarge Events Among Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65 Years and Older Treated and Discharged From the Emergency Department From 2011 to 2016.

Kaplan-Meier curves were generated for each of the following outcomes after emergency department discharge: mortality, subsequent emergency department visit, and inpatient stay. The outcomes of emergency department visits and inpatient stay account for mortality as a competing risk in the survival analysis.