Emergency hospital admissions among older adults living alone in the community

• Main Authors: Jon Barrenetxea (Author), Kelvin Bryan Tan (Author), Rachel Tong (Author), Kevin Chua (Author), Qiushi Feng (Author), Woon-Puay Koh (Author), Cynthia Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Among older adults, living alone is often associated with higher risk of Emergency Department (ED) admissions. However, older adults living alone are very heterogeneous in terms of health. As more older adults choose to live independently, it remains unclear if the association be...