Family Caregiver Factors Associated With Emergency Department Utilization Among Community-Living Older Adults With Disabilities

Background: Older adults with disability are frequent users of the emergency department (ED) and often rely on family caregiver support. We identify whether and which caregiver characteristics are associated with older adults’ ED use. Methods: We use Cox proportional hazards regression to model the...

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Main Authors: Julia Burgdorf, John Mulcahy, Halima Amjad, Judith D. Kasper, Kenneth Covinsky, Jennifer L. Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132719875636