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What we can learn from Medicare data on early deaths after emergency department discharge

  
@article{JTD14140,
	author = {Sukayna Z. Alfaraj and Jesse M. Pines},
	title = {What we can learn from Medicare data on early deaths after emergency department discharge},
	journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
	volume = {9},
	number = {7},
	year = {2017},
	keywords = {},
	abstract = {A recent study published in February 2017 in the British Medical Journal examined how more than 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries—with an average age of 69 years with no obvious life-limiting illness—fared in the 7 days after being discharged from U.S. emergency departments (EDs) over 6 years. The primarily finding was that 0.12%—or 12 in 10,000 people—had died, primarily from atherosclerotic heart disease, myocardial infarction, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. About 2% died from narcotic overdose, primarily after visits for musculoskeletal problems (1).},
	issn = {2077-6624},	url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/14140}
}