Abstract:Background and Objectives
Acute healthcare use varies by age, with older adults the highest users of acute healthcare services. Using data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), the aim of this study was to investigate the association between acute healthcare utilisation (Emergency Department (ED) visit with or without hospitalisation) at baseline and subjective and objective measures of function measured at four-year follow-up.
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