Adverse events in older patients admitted to acute care: A preliminary cost description

Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz; Judith Read Guernsey; Neil J. MacKinnon; George Kovacs

doi:10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60100-7

Adverse events in older patients admitted to acute care: A preliminary cost description

Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz, Judith Read Guernsey, Neil J. MacKinnon, George Kovacs

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	32-36
Number of pages	5
Journal	Healthcare Management Forum
Volume	22
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60100-7
Publication status	Published - 2009

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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.

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