Lønhaug-Næss, Morten; Jakobsen, Monika Dybdahl; Blix, Bodil Hansen; Bergmo, Trine Strand; Hoben, Matthias; Moholt, Jill-Marit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-04)
Objective Two-thirds of the economic resources in
Norwegian hospitals are used on 10% of the patients.
Most of these high-cost patients are older adults, which
experience more unplanned hospital admissions, longer
hospital stays and higher readmission rates than other
patients. This study aims to examine the individual and
clinical characteristics of older patients with unplanned
admissions ...