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Table 11 Effectiveness of ED Interventions on Hospital admissions

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 DOWNGRADES

GRADE LEVEL OF EVIDENCE

Hospital admissions

Karam et al., 2015 [40]

3

4

Low

Hastings & Heflin 2005 [30]

4

5

Very Low

Hughes et al., 2019 [36]

5

2

Moderate

Lowthian et al., 2015 [2]

2

2

Moderate

Malik et al., 2018 [37]

3

4

Low