Older Patients at Higher Risk of Emergency Hospitalization

The prospective approach found a graded non-significant inverse relationship between continuity of care and risk of emergency hospitalization, though patients experiencing least continuity had a risk more than twice as high than those who had complete continuity.

The retrospective approach found a graded inverse relationship between continuity of care and emergency hospitalization, with an odds ratio of 2.32 for those experiencing least continuity compared with those with most continuity.

Initiatives to enhance continuity of care, the authors suggest, could potentially reduce hospital admissions.

Source: Eurekalert