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Na, Cho, Lim, Kang, Oh, and Ko: Risk Factors and Causes of Short-Term Mortality after Emergency Department Discharge in Older Patients: Using Nationwide Health Insurance Claims Data

Abstract

Background

The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors and causes of short-term mortality after emergency department (ED) discharge in older patients.

Methods

This population-based cohort study used nationwide health insurance claims data in Korea from 2008 to 2014. The causes of death and diagnoses of patients who died within 1 week after discharge from EDs (1-week ED death) were obtained. The risk factors for 1-week ED death were calculated using Cox proportional hazard regression analyses.

Results

The rate of 1-week ED death was 0.5% among 133,251 individuals aged ≥65 years discharged from EDs. In multivariate analysis, the top five ED discharge diagnoses associated with an increased risk of 1-week ED death were hypotension and vascular disease (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]=5.11; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.03–8.63), neoplasm (aHR=4.89; 95% CI, 3.77–6.35), coronary artery disease (aHR=3.83; 95% CI, 2.73–5.39), dyspnea (aHR=3.41; 95% CI, 2.48–4.68), and respiratory disease (aHR=2.25; 95% CI, 1.73–2.92). The most common causes of 1-week ED death were neoplasm (14.8%), senility (13.8%), and cerebrovascular disease (11.7%).

Conclusion

Neoplasm, coronary artery disease, and respiratory disease were the discharge diagnoses associated with an increased risk of short-term mortality after ED discharge. Neoplasm was the leading cause of short-term mortality after ED discharge in older patients.

INTRODUCTION

The number of older patients visiting the emergency department (ED) is increasing rapidly.1,2) In the United States, approximately 20% of the population visits the ED each year, with patients aged 65 years or older accounting for over 45% of visits.3) According to data from the National Emergency Department Information System in Korea, the proportion of older adults aged 60 years or more increased from 22% in 2014 to 28% in 2018.4) Older patients visiting the ED have higher rates of hospitalization, mortality, and repeat visits than those in younger patients.5-7) This is because older patients are more likely to have an ambiguous presentation with multiple comorbidities, as well as complex problems such as polypharmacy and frailty.5-8) Previous studies have reported on early death after discharge from the ED in older adults, with mortality rates of 0.4% within 30 days and 4.1% within 90 days.9,10)
Several studies have identified common causes of death after discharge from the ED, including neoplasm, ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and respiratory disease.11,12) In addition, studies confirming the diagnosis of ED discharge as a risk factor for early death within 7 days after discharge have been reported.13,14) In a study using US Medicare claims data, patients discharged from the ED with altered mentality, dyspnea, or fatigue had higher risks of death within 7 days.13) In another study analyzing the administrative data of 12 EDs in California, high mortality rates were observed within 7 days of ED discharge for diagnoses of noninfectious lung disease, renal disease, and ischemic heart disease.14) However, these studies were performed in adults and the causes and risk factors of early death after ED discharge in older populations are not well known.
The purpose of this study was to identify the causes of death in older patients who died after ED discharge and to determine the risk of early death according to the ED discharge diagnoses.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Data and Setting

The present study used data from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) senior cohort database. The senior cohort database includes approximately 550,000 randomly sampled comprising 10% of the 5.5 million older adults aged ≥60 years nationwide. This database includes information on age, sex, income-based health insurance premiums, disease classification codes, treatment, prescription history, and date and cause of death. The causes of death in Statistics Korea, based on death medical certificates issued by physicians, are linked to the NHIS cohort. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Hanyang University Hospital, which waived the requirement for informed consent (No. HYUH 2019-01-029).

Study Population

We included cases in which older patients aged 65 years or older were discharged from the ED between January 2008 and December 2014. We defined patients who visited EDs using codes from the NHIS in Korea for the management of emergency care; namely, AC101 (regional emergency medical center), AC103 (local emergency medical center), and AC105 (local emergency medical facility). If a patient visited the ED several times, each visit was considered a unique visit. Patients who visited the ED or were hospitalized during the prior 30 days were excluded. We also excluded patients who were admitted or who died on the same day as the ED visit. Finally, patients with duplicate claims were excluded.

Definitions of Variables

The outcome variable of this study was death within 1 week of the ED visit (1-week ED death). The causes of death were classified according to the International Classification of Disease, 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes (Supplementary Table S1). We investigated characteristics such as age, sex, quintile of the health insurance premiums, and comorbidities. In Korea, health insurance premiums reflect household income levels, in which individuals with higher incomes also have higher health insurance premiums. The comorbidities were defined as cases with one or more diagnostic codes in the inpatient setting or with two or more codes in the outpatient setting in the 3 years before the ED visit (Supplementary Table S2). ED discharge diagnoses were categorized using ICD-10 codes (Supplementary Table S3). We used only the main diagnostic codes as the ED discharge diagnoses.

Data Analysis

Among the baseline patient characteristics, continuous variables were presented as median (interquartile range [IQR]) categorical variables as frequencies (%). These baseline characteristics were compared by Wilcoxon rank-sum or Fisher exact tests, as appropriate. The primary outcome was the risk factors for 1-week ED death. Fisher exact tests were performed to determine the difference in the rate of ED discharge diagnosis between the 1-week ED death and survival groups. All significant variables with p-value less than 0.05 in the univariate analysis were included in the multivariate analysis to identify the risk factors for 1-week ED death. Multivariate analysis was performed using Cox proportional hazard regression. Adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by adjusting for age, sex, and income quantiles. Subgroup analysis was performed after dividing the patients into three groups according to the ED level (regional emergency medical center, local emergency medical center, or local emergency medical facility). We identified the discharge diagnoses associated with significantly increased risks of 1-week ED death in the same way as the main analysis. The secondary outcome was the causes of 1-week ED death. Statistical analyses were performed using SAS Enterprise Guide version 7.13 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA) and R software (https://www.r-project.org/).

RESULTS

Characteristics of the Study Population

A total of 217,291 cases of older patients aged 65 years or more were discharged from EDs between 2008 and 2014. After excluding 84,040 ED visits, 133,251 ED visits were finally included in the analyses (Fig. 1). Of the included patients, 725 (0.54%) died within 1 week. The basic characteristics of the study population are shown in Table 1. The median age of the patients was 75 years (IQR, 72–80 years). The median age of the patients in the 1-week ED death group was 81 years (IQR, 75–87 years). The ratio of men was higher in the 1-week ED death group (47%) than that in the survival group (42.3%). The 1-week ED death group had higher ratios of comorbidities such as acute myocardial infarction, cancers, arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, renal failure, stroke, and cirrhosis than those in the survival group.

Risk Factors and Causes of 1-week ED death

Table 2 shows the frequencies and percentages of discharge diagnoses of the ED. Injury and poisoning (14.3%) was the most common ED discharge diagnosis in the 1-week ED death group, followed by neoplasm (10.6%) and respiratory disease (10.5%).
In the multivariate analysis, the risk of 1-week ED death increased by 11% (aHR=1.11; 95% CI, 1.10–1.12) with age (Table 3). Women had a lower risk of 1-week ED death compared to that in men (aHR=0.77; 95% CI, 0.66–0.89). Patients with the fifth quintile of insurance premiums (the highest income group) had a 27% (aHR=0.73; 95% CI, 0.60–0.88) lower risk of 1-week ED death than that in patients with incomes in the first quintile. The ED discharge diagnosis with the highest risk of 1-week ED death was hypotension and vascular disease (aHR=5.11; 95% CI, 3.03–8.63). The most common disease in this group was hypotension (n=6, 40%). The diagnoses at ED discharge with the second-highest risk of 1-week ED death were neoplasm (aHR=4.89; 95% CI, 3.77–6.35), coronary artery disease (CAD) (aHR=3.83; 95% CI, 2.73–5.39), symptom of dyspnea (aHR=3.41; 95% CI, 2.48–4.68), and respiratory disease (aHR=2.25; 95% CI, 1.73–2.92). In addition, patients discharged with cerebrovascular disease and endocrine metabolic disease had an increased risk of 1-week ED death.
The diagnosis with the lowest risk of mortality was ear and mastoid disease (aHR=0.05; 95% CI, 0.01–0.36). In addition, the risks of 1-week ED death were lower in patients with discharge diagnoses of dizziness, non-traumatic musculoskeletal disease, abdominal pain, injury and poisoning, and gastrointestinal disease.
The causes of death for 1-week ED death are shown in Table 4. Neoplasm (14.8%) was the most frequent cause of death, followed by senility (13.8%), cerebrovascular disease (11.7%), injury and poisoning (11.4%), and CAD (9.8%).

Subgroup Analysis

In subgroup analysis, neoplasm, CAD, and symptom of dyspnea had increased risks, the same as observed in the main analysis of total included patients (Table 5). Local emergency medical facilities had the highest aHR of hypotension and vascular disease (aHR=9.17; 95% CI, 4.03–20.91), followed by neoplasm (aHR=6.49; 95% CI, 3.91–10.76), CAD (aHR=5.59; 95% CI, 3.14–9.96), and symptom of dyspnea (aHR=4.79; 95% CI, 2.97–7.74).

DISCUSSION

In this study, the rate of 1-week ED death was 0.5%. The top five discharge diagnoses associated with an increased risk of short-term mortality were hypotension and vascular disease, neoplasm, CAD, symptom of dyspnea, and respiratory disease. The most common causes of death were neoplasm (14.8%), senility (13.8%), cerebrovascular disease (11.7%), injury and poisoning (11.4%), and CAD (9.8%).
Gabayan et al reported a rate of 1-week ED death of 0.05% among 475,829 patients from 12 hospitals in California discharged from the ED.14) Obermeyer et al.13) studied 10,093,678 patients included in a 20% sample of the US Medicare population, reporting a 1-week mortality rate of 0.12%. The mean ages of the subjects included in these two studies were 47 and 62 years, respectively. Our study of older patients with a median age of 75 showed a 1-weak ED mortality rate of 0.5%.
Multivariate analysis of the association between ED discharge diagnosis and 1-weak ED death showed the highest risk for hypotension and vascular disease (aHR=5.11). These results were not reported in previous studies and indicate that older patients with hypotension or vascular disease should be more seriously considered for hospitalization. In addition, as hypotension itself may be a secondary change rather than a primary diagnosis, additional evaluation should be considered. Neoplasm had an increased risk (aHR=4.89), consistent with previous studies. Gabayan et al.14) reported an odds ratio (OR) of 3.7 for 1-week ED death due to neoplasm in patients with a mean age of 47 years. The median age of the patients in our study was 75 years and the aHR for short-term ED death in patients with neoplasm was 4.89. Rivera et al.15) analyzed cancer patients who visited the ED, reporting that complications such as pneumonia, septicemia, heart failure, and ileus were associated with hospitalization. Therefore, hospitalization should be considered for patients with neoplasms even if they have the same disease. The risk of 1-week ED death in CAD patients increased by 3.83-fold, similar to previous studies.13,16) Gabayan et al.14) reported an OR of CAD of 3.8. More careful observation is needed for patients discharged from the ED with CAD diagnosis or related symptom such as chest pain. In the present study, increased risks were observed for patients with dyspnea (aHR=3.41) and lung diseases (aHR=2.25) such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pneumonia, and pneumonitis. Gabayan et al.14) reported a 7-fold risk of 1-week ED death in patients with noninfectious lung disease such as pleurisy and pneumothorax, 3-fold risk in pneumonia patients, and a 1.7-fold risk in patients with COPD patients. Obermeyer et al.13) reported a 3-fold risk of early death in patients discharged from the ED with a diagnosis of dyspnea. Overall, patients with an ED discharge diagnosis of lung disease or dyspnea had an increased risk of early death and our study showed similar trends in older patients. In a previous study, 5.2% of patients visited ED with dyspnea, and 30% of whom were discharged.17) Considering the relatively large number of patients with dyspnea discharge, sufficient evaluation and risk stratification is needed.
Gunnarsdottir and Rafnsson12) analyzed 19,259 patients discharged from the ED and found that 63 patients died within 8 days. The causes of death were neoplasm (27%), CAD (20.6%), cerebrovascular disease (19%), and respiratory disease (9.5%). Rafnsson and Gunnarsdottir11) reported that 156 of 228,097 patients died within 8 days after ED discharge. The causes of death were CAD (24.4%), neoplasm (15.4%), and cerebrovascular disease (12.2%). In the study by Gabayan et al.14) of 357 patients who died within 7 days after ED discharge, the common causes of death were neoplasm (19.6%), CAD (17.3%), and non-atherosclerotic heart disease (11.3%). These results are similar to our findings that neoplasm, cerebrovascular disease, and CAD were the main causes of short-term death. Of note is the increasing rate of cerebrovascular disease and CAD-related mortality in Korea.18) In our study, senility was the second leading cause of death, likely because many physicians may indicate unclear diagnoses as the cause of death.19)
Subgroup analysis showed increased aHR for hypotension and vascular disease as the ED level increased. Similar to of total included patients, symptoms of dyspnea, as well as neoplasm and CAD accounted for the highest risks of 1-week ED death in all three groups. The aHRs for these risk factors were highest in local emergency medical facilities compared to those in the other two subgroups. In particular, hypotension and vascular disease had the highest aHR of 9.17.
This study has several strengths. This nationwide population-based study focused on older patients had a large sample size including both men and women. Understanding these patients will be helpful because the number of older patients visiting EDs is increasing. However, this study has some limitations that should be considered when interpreting the results. First, we could not distinguish between patients with hopeless discharge and patients who died unexpectedly. For example, our data did not contain information on do-not-resuscitate orders. Second, the cause of death and discharge diagnoses were recorded by clinicians and could have been inaccurate. However, considering the large number of the study population, the overall pattern of outcomes could be confirmed. Lastly, the database used in this study was sample data, which might have different characteristics from those of the entire older population. However, as the study included 550,000 individuals, the standard error would be minimal.
In conclusion, the rate of death within 1 week among older patients discharged from the ED was 0.5%. Clinicians should consider the increased risk for short-term mortality among older patients with ED discharge diagnoses of neoplasm, CAD, and respiratory disease. Neoplasm was the leading cause of short-term death in this population.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The researchers claim no conflicts of interest.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This study utilized the National Health Insurance Service database (No. NHIS-2019-2-095). The interpretations and conclusions reported here do not represent those of the National Health Insurance Service.

Supplementary Materials

Supplementary materials can be found via http://doi.org/10.4235/agmr.19.0029.
Table S1.
Causes of death defined using ICD-10 codes.
agmr-19-0029-suppl1.pdf
Table S2.
Covariates defined using ICD-10 codes.
agmr-19-0029-suppl2.pdf
Table S3.
Emergency department discharge diagnoses defined using ICD-10 codes.
agmr-19-0029-suppl3.pdf

Fig. 1.
Study flow diagram.
agmr-19-0029f1.jpg
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population
Total (n=133,251) Survival (n=132,526) Death within 1 week (n=725) p-value*
Age (y) 75 (72–80) 75 (72–80) 81 (75–87) <0.001
Sex
 Male 56,345 (42.3) 56,004 (42.3) 341 (47.0) 0.010
 Female 76,906 (57.7) 76,522 (57.7) 384 (53.0)
Insurance premiums (quintile) <0.001
 1 (lowest income) 32,809 (24.6) 32,598 (24.6) 211 (29.1)
 2 12,192 (9.1) 12,113 (9.1) 79 (10.9)
 3 15,530 (11.7) 15,436 (11.6) 94 (13.0)
 4 21,993 (16.5) 21,879 (16.5) 114 (15.7)
 5 (highest income) 50,727 (38.1) 50,500 (38.1) 227 (31.3)
Comorbidities (prior 3 years)
 Acute myocardial infarction 6,785 (5.1) 6,741 (5.1) 44 (6.1) 0.240
 Rheumatoid arthritis 15,226 (11.4) 15,203 (11.5) 63 (8.7) 0.019
 Asthma 43,897 (33.0) 43,710 (33.0) 187 (25.8) <0.001
 All cancers 21,638 (16.2) 21,490 (16.2) 148 (20.4) 0.003
 Arrhythmia 8,011 (6.0) 7,958 (6.0) 53 (7.3) 0.140
 Congestive heart failure 14,559 (10.9) 14,451 (10.9) 108 (14.9) <0.001
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 34,178 (25.6) 34,016 (25.7) 162 (22.3) 0.041
 Coronary artery disease (excluding AMI) 41,563 (31.2) 41,366 (31.2) 197 (27.2) 0.020
 Hypertension 95,173 (71.4) 94,691 (71.5) 482 (66.5) 0.004
 Diabetes mellitus 62,749 (47.1) 62,463 (47.1) 286 (39.4) <0.001
 Osteoporosis 49,190 (36.9) 49,039 (37.0) 151 (20.8) <0.001
 Renal failure 6,625 (5.0) 6,584 (5.0) 41 (5.7) 0.390
 Stroke 30,939 (23.2) 30,750 (23.2) 189 (26.1) 0.071
 Liver cirrhosis 2,793 (2.1) 2,773 (2.1) 20 (2.8) <0.001

Values are presented as median (range) or number (%).

AMI, acute myocardial infarction.

* Wilcoxon rank-sum test or the Fisher exact test, as appropriate.

Table 2.
Univariate analysis of discharge diagnosis for 1-weak death after emergency department discharge (n=133,251)
Survival (n=132,526) Death within 1 week (n=725) p-value*
Infectious disease 7,361 (5.6) 28 (3.9) 0.050
Neoplasm 2,943 (2.2) 77 (10.6) <0.001
Hematologic disease 212 (0.2) 2 (0.3) 0.325
Endocrine and metabolic disease 4,460 (3.4) 39 (5.4) 0.005
Mental and behavioral disease 1,543 (1.1) 6 (0.8) 0.718
Nervous system disease 3,326 (2.5) 15 (2.1) 0.550
Eye disease 525 (0.4) 0 (0.0) 0.126
Ear and mastoid disease 4,474 (3.4) 1 (0.1) <0.001
Hypertension 1,166 (0.9) 3 (0.4) 0.230
Coronary artery disease 2,064 (1.6) 39 (5.4) <0.001
Non-atherosclerotic heart disease 1,055 (0.8) 7 (1.0) 0.528
Cerebrovascular disease 3,815 (2.9) 44 (6.1) <0.001
Congestive heart failure 359 (0.3) 6 (0.8) 0.016
Hypotension and vascular disease 516 (0.4) 15 (2.1) <0.001
Respiratory disease 5,701 (4.3) 76 (10.5) <0.001
Hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease 1,042 (0.8) 9 (1.2) 0.198
Gastrointestinal disease 8,874 (6.7) 27 (3.7) <0.001
Skin disease 2,300 (1.7) 5 (0.7) 0.030
Non-traumatic musculoskeletal disease 3,208 (2.4) 5 (0.7) <0.001
Genitourinary disease 5,887 (4.4) 33 (4.6) 0.856
Symptom: dizziness 6,394 (4.8) 5 (0.7) <0.001
Symptom: chest pain 2627 (2.0) 9 (1.2) 0.180
Symptom: abdominal pain 6,163 (4.7) 15 (2.1) <0.001
Symptom: fever 1,383 (1.0) 9 (1.2) 0.579
Symptom: dyspnea 2,201 (1.7) 46 (6.3) <0.001
Symptom: other symptom 12,089 (9.1) 70 (9.7) 0.605
Injury and poisoning 37,568 (28.3) 104 (14.3) <0.001
Other disease 329 (0.2) 4 (0.6) 0.110

Values are presented as number (%).

* Fisher exact tests.

Table 3.
Multivariate analysis investigating risk factors for 1-weak death after emergency department discharge (n=133,251)
Adjusted HR* 95% CI* p-value*
Age 1.11 1.10–1.12 <0.001
Sex, female 0.77 0.66–0.89 <0.001
Insurance premiums (quintile)
 2 1.12 0.86–1.45 0.400
 3 1.01 0.79–1.29 0.921
 4 0.9 0.71–1.13 0.357
 5 (highest income) 0.73 0.60–0.88 <0.001
Discharge diagnosis in the emergency department
 Hypotension and vascular disease 5.11 3.03–8.63 <0.001
 Neoplasm 4.89 3.77–6.35 <0.001
 Coronary artery disease 3.83 2.73–5.39 <0.001
 Symptom: dyspnea 3.41 2.48–4.68 <0.001
 Respiratory disease 2.25 1.73–2.92 <0.001
 Congestive heart failure 2.07 0.92–4.68 0.079
 Cerebrovascular disease 2.02 1.46–2.79 <0.001
 Endocrine and metabolic disease 1.59 1.13–2.24 0.007
 Gastrointestinal disease 0.58 0.39–0.86 0.007
 Injury and poisoning 0.51 0.41–0.65 <0.001
 Skin disease 0.47 0.19–1.13 0.093
 Symptom: abdominal pain 0.46 0.27–0.78 0.004
 Non-traumatic musculoskeletal disease 0.29 0.12–0.71 0.007
 Symptom: dizziness 0.16 0.07–0.39 <0.001
 Ear and mastoid disease 0.05 0.01–0.36 0.003

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.

* Cox proportional hazard regression analyses.

Table 4.
Causes of death in patients who died within 1 week of discharge from the emergency department (n=725)
Cause of death Frequency (%)
Neoplasm 107 (14.8)
Senility 100 (13.8)
Cerebrovascular disease 85 (11.7)
Injury and poisoning 83 (11.4)
Coronary artery disease 71 (9.8)
Pneumonia and pneumonitis 54 (7.4)
Endocrine and metabolic disease 34 (4.7)
Other death 31 (4.3)
Asthma and COPD 28 (3.9)
Infectious disease 19 (2.6)
Genitourinary disease 17 (2.3)
Congestive heart failure 15 (2.1)
Hypertension 12 (1.7)
Nervous system disease 11 (1.5)
Non-atherosclerotic heart disease 10 (1.4)
Hypotension and vascular disease 10 (1.4)
Gastrointestinal disease 10 (1.4)
Mental and behavioral disease 8 (1.1)
Hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease 5 (0.7)
Non-traumatic musculoskeletal disease 4 (0.6)
Shock 2 (0.3)
Hematologic disease 1 (0.1)
Missing data 8 (1.1)

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Table 5.
Subgroup analyses investigating risk factors for 1-week death after emergency department discharge according to emergency department levels
Adjusted HR* 95% CI* p-value*
Regional emergency medical center
 Symptom: dyspnea 4.91 2.37–10.17 <0.001
 Neoplasm 4.63 2.82–7.61 <0.001
 Coronary artery disease 3.43 1.66–7.11 <0.001
Local emergency medical center
 Neoplasm 4.53 3.18–6.44 <0.001
 Hypotension and vascular disease 4.27 2.00–9.10 <0.001
 Coronary artery disease 3.37 2.06–5.49 <0.001
 Symptom: dyspnea 2.48 1.52–4.04 <0.001
 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease 2.29 1.07–4.88 0.032
 Respiratory disease 1.98 1.35–2.92 <0.001
Local emergency medical facility
 Hypotension and vascular disease 9.17 4.03–20.91 <0.001
 Neoplasm 6.49 3.91–10.76 <0.001
 Coronary artery disease 5.59 3.14–9.96 <0.001
 Symptom: dyspnea 4.79 2.97–7.74 <0.001
 Cerebrovascular disease 3.71 2.36–5.83 <0.001
 Respiratory disease 2.91 1.98–4.27 <0.001

Discharge diagnoses with significantly increased risks are shown.

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.

* Cox proportional hazard regression analyses.

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