Table 1.
Patient demographics of geriatric fall patients who were initially discharged with a fall-related injury and those with a seven-day emergency department (ED) revisit and without a seven-day ED revisit.
| 7-day ED revisit (n = 24,114) | No 7-day ED revisit (n = 182,498) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | Patients | % | Patients | % |
| Age | ||||
| 65–74 | 7,707 | 32.0 | 65,679 | 36.0 |
| 75–84 | 8,088 | 33.5 | 61,097 | 33.5 |
| ≥85 | 8,319 | 34.5 | 55,722 | 30.5 |
| Women | 14,723 | 61.1 | 120,979 | 66.3 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 16,509 | 68.5 | 119,331 | 65.4 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3,823 | 15.9 | 32,054 | 17.6 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1,160 | 4.8 | 7,961 | 4.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander | 1,638 | 6.8 | 14,941 | 8.2 |
| Non-Hispanic Other/Unknown | 984 | 4.1 | 8,211 | 4.5 |
| Psychiatric diagnosis | 12,139 | 50.3 | 50,805 | 27.8 |
| Substance use disorder diagnosis | 3,941 | 16.3 | 15,026 | 8.2 |
| Charleston Comorbidity Score | ||||
| 0 | 5154 | 21.4 | 79,460 | 43.5 |
| 1 | 4,843 | 20.1 | 41,063 | 22.5 |
| 2 | 3,552 | 14.7 | 20,770 | 11.4 |
| ≥ 3 | 10,565 | 43.8 | 41,205 | 22.6 |