One in five South Australians will experience an unplanned hospitalization or emergency department presentation within 90 days of undertaking an aged care assessment, according to new research by the University of South Australia and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.
The large-scale study, which analyzed the outcomes of 22,130 people who had an aged care eligibility assessment (ACAT), also found 25 predictors that identify older people most at risk of being hospitalized.
