The effect of direct admission to acute geriatric units compared to admission after an emergency department visit on length of stay, postacute care transfers and ED return visits

Table 2 Results from regression models

	Hospital LOS^a				ED return visit^b		Postacute care transfer^b		Transfer in intensive care unit^b
	All patients		Survivors only		ED return visit^b		Postacute care transfer^b		Transfer in intensive care unit^b
	estimate	95%CI	estimate	95%CI	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI
Direct admission
No	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Yes	-1,28	-1,76—-0.80	-1,38	-1,86—-0.89	0.80	0.60—1.08	0.87	0.77 – 0.97	0.48	0.09—2.53

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