… The spectrum of illness and use patterns of 540 elderly patients (> 65 years) admitted to an
emergency department (ED) were compared to an equal number of nonelderly patients. The …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: In 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported
increasing emergency department (ED) visit rates per 100 people. The greatest increase in visit …

… Results of this study clearly indicated that elderly patients in the emergency department want
to be informed about their condition and the entire process of their care. Patients expressed …

… for selected patients. However, the use and effectiveness of these units in the elderly
population is unclear. We sought to describe the use of an ED observation unit by elderly patients (…

… In contrast, international epidemiological data show a very low prevalence of elderly
patients (… in elder patients presenting to an emergency department. Acad Emerg Med 12:197–205 …

… of patients discharged from an emergency department showed that older patients utilized
the emergency department for more urgent problems than did younger patients. A minority of …

… elderly population presenting to an emergency department, and seeks to identify those factors
associated with death or dependency. Data on the patient … public emergency department …

… the presentation of elderly patients, and their need for more extensive services, we still know
little about the specifics of use of emergency health care services by elderly patients. A few …

… of hospital-based emergency departments.6, z … emergency medical care provided to them
will be of special concern. To learn more about the emergency medical care of elderly patients, …

… Older US adults make more than 20 million emergency department (ED) visits annually,
accounting for more than 15% of all visits. 1 In contrast to younger ED patients, older ones …