TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting resource utilization of elderly burn patients in the baby boomer era
AU - Richards, Winston T.
AU - Richards, Winston A.
AU - Miggins, Makeesha
AU - Liu, Huazhi
AU - Mozingo, David W.
AU - Ang, Darwin N.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Background: Census predictions for Florida suggest a 3-fold increase in the 65 and older population within 20 years. We predict resource utilization for burn patients in this age group. Methods: Using the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration admission dataset, we evaluated the effect of age on length of stay, hospital charges, and discharge disposition while adjusting for clinical and demographic factors. Using US Census Bureau data and burn incidence rates from this dataset, we estimated future resource use. Results: Elderly patients were discharged to home less often and were discharged to short-term general hospitals, intermediate-care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities more often than the other age groups (P <.05). They also required home health care and intravenous medications significantly more often (P <.05). Their length of stay was longer, and total hospital charges were greater (P <.05) after adjusting for sex, race, Charleson comorbidity index, payer, total body surface area burned, and burn center treatment. Conclusions: Our data show an age-dependent increase in the use of posthospitalization resources, the length of stay, and the total charges for elderly burn patients.
AB - Background: Census predictions for Florida suggest a 3-fold increase in the 65 and older population within 20 years. We predict resource utilization for burn patients in this age group. Methods: Using the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration admission dataset, we evaluated the effect of age on length of stay, hospital charges, and discharge disposition while adjusting for clinical and demographic factors. Using US Census Bureau data and burn incidence rates from this dataset, we estimated future resource use. Results: Elderly patients were discharged to home less often and were discharged to short-term general hospitals, intermediate-care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities more often than the other age groups (P <.05). They also required home health care and intravenous medications significantly more often (P <.05). Their length of stay was longer, and total hospital charges were greater (P <.05) after adjusting for sex, race, Charleson comorbidity index, payer, total body surface area burned, and burn center treatment. Conclusions: Our data show an age-dependent increase in the use of posthospitalization resources, the length of stay, and the total charges for elderly burn patients.
KW - Baby boom
KW - Burn injury
KW - Discharge disposition
KW - Geriatric
KW - Resource
KW - Use
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.05.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 23017253
AN - SCOPUS:84871193987
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 205
SP - 29
EP - 34
JO - American Journal of Surgery
JF - American Journal of Surgery
IS - 1
ER -