TY - JOUR
T1 - Adverse events in older patients admitted to acute care
T2 - A preliminary cost description
AU - Ackroyd-Stolarz, Stacy
AU - Guernsey, Judith Read
AU - MacKinnon, Neil J.
AU - Kovacs, George
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support for doctoral studies (SAS) was received from the CIHR Strategic Training Fellowship Program (Trans-disciplinary Understanding and Training on Research-Primary Health Care, TUTOR-PHC) and from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Chris Skedgel and Dr. Pat Croskerry.
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - The financial costs associated with Adverse Events (AEs) for older patients (=65 years) in Canadian hospitals are unknown. The objective of this paper is to describe and compare costs between patients who experienced an AE and those who did not during an acute hospital admission to a tertiary care facility. Patients with an AE had twice the hospital length of stay (20.2 versus 9.8 days, p < 0.00001), resulting in 1,400 extra days at a cost of approximately $7,500/patient.
AB - The financial costs associated with Adverse Events (AEs) for older patients (=65 years) in Canadian hospitals are unknown. The objective of this paper is to describe and compare costs between patients who experienced an AE and those who did not during an acute hospital admission to a tertiary care facility. Patients with an AE had twice the hospital length of stay (20.2 versus 9.8 days, p < 0.00001), resulting in 1,400 extra days at a cost of approximately $7,500/patient.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60100-7
DO - 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60100-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 19999374
AN - SCOPUS:74049156334
SN - 0840-4704
VL - 22
SP - 32
EP - 36
JO - Healthcare Management Forum
JF - Healthcare Management Forum
IS - 3
ER -