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Table 10 Effectiveness of ED Interventions on ED revisits/return visits

From: The effectiveness of interventions to reduce adverse outcomes among older adults following Emergency Department discharge: umbrella review

OUTCOME

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

NUMBER OF RCT INFORMING OUTCOME

NUMBER OF GRADE DOWNGRADES

GRADE LEVEL OF EVIDENCE

Emergency department revisits

Conroy et al., 2011 [38]

5

3

Low

Fealy et al., 2009 [39]

4

4

Low

Karam et al., 2015 [40]

3

4

Low

Hastings & Heflin 2005 [30]

4

4

Low

Hughes et al., 2019 [36]

7

1

Moderate

Lowthian et al., 2015 [2]

2

2

Moderate

Malik et al. 2018 [37]

3

4

Low