Patient, caregiver and professional views on preventable emergency admissions of older patients, a multi-method study in three Dutch hospitals

Abstract Background Older adults are too often hospitalized from the emergency department (ED) without needing hospital care. Knowledge about rates and causes of these preventable emergency admissions (PEAs) is limited. This study aimed to assess the proportion of PEAs, the level of agreement on perceived preventability between physicians and patients, and to explore their underlying causes as perceived by patients, their relatives, and the admitting physician. Methods A multi-center multi-method study at the ED of one academic and two regional hospitals in the Netherlands was performed. All p... Mehr ...