Table 3.
Type of disposition after initial ED visit for all patients (A), time to ED revisit for fallers (B) and time to ED revisit for non-fall patients (C)
| Frequency of disposition type after initial ED visit (A) | Median time to ED revisit among fall patients (B) | Median time to ED revisit for non-fall patients (C) | P value | |||||||
| Index visit: fall | Index visit: non-fall | P value | Reason for ED revisit: fall | Reason for ED revisit: any reason | Reason for ED revisit: any reason | |||||
| n | Days | n | Days | n | Days | n | Days | |||
| Discharge home from ED | 609 822 (61.13%) | 1 263 272 (45.03%) | <0.001 | 437 197 | 151.0 | 191 925 | 325.0 | 524 237 | 352.0 | <0.001 |
| Discharge with home health service from ED | 1519 (0.15%) | 1453 (0.05%) | 993 | 58.0 | 432 | 114.0 | 623 | 83.0 | ||
| Directly to SNF from ED | 15 387 (1.54%) | 9081 (0.32%) | 11 456 | 71.0 | 5247 | 137.0 | 5087 | 111.0 | ||
| Directly to acute care (IRF and LTCH) from ED | 2007 (0.20%) | 1166 (0.04%) | 1509 | 59.0 | 771 | 96.0 | 654 | 97.0 | ||
| ED death | 521 (0.05%) | 12 208 (0.44%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 11 819 (1.18%) | 43 910 (1.57%) | 9321 | 30.0 | 5403 | 9.0 | 24 444 | 47.0 | ||
| Blank | 101 (0.01%) | 220 (0.01%) | 76 | 68.5 | 41 | 67.0 | 98 | 1.0 | ||
| Hospitalisation after ED visit | 356 348 (35.72%) | 1 474 198 (52.55%) | <0.001 | 269 385 | 45.0 | 109 751 | 242.0 | 956 264 | 119.0 | <0.001 |
| Then to acute care (IRF and LTCH) after hospitalisation | 30 363 (8.52%) | 72 214 (4.90%) | 28 514 | 5.0 | 12 452 | 69.0 | 64 385 | 4.0 | ||
| Then to SNF after hospitalisation | 169 084 (47.45%) | 204 991 (13.91%) | 134 491 | 40.0 | 53 465 | 246.0 | 150 005 | 35.0 | ||
| Then to residential care after hospitalisation | 4181 (1.17%) | 11 056 (0.75%) | 3338 | 64.0 | 1645 | 137.0 | 7950 | 86.0 | ||
| Discharge home after hospitalisation | 83 178 (23.34%) | 903 245 (61.27%) | 61 352 | 119.0 | 25 276 | 313.0 | 594 246 | 192.0 | ||
| Discharge home with health services after hospitalisation | 47 871 (13.43%) | 200 618 (13.61%) | 35 425 | 99.0 | 14 819 | 272.0 | 129 308 | 148.0 | ||
| Invalid/blank | 64 (0.02%) | 178 (0.01%) | 41 | 9.0 | 17 | 67.0 | 91 | 7.0 | ||
| Other | 3551 (1.00%) | 16 484 (1.12%) | 2556 | 17.0 | 1207 | 85.0 | 10 279 | 44.0 | ||
*Any reason excludes any visit pertaining to a fall.
ED, emergency department; IRF, inpatient rehabilitation facility; LTCH, long-term care hospital; SNF, skilled nursing facility.