Prolonged Emergency Department Stays for Older US Adults

Adrian D Haimovich; Sarah D Berry; Bruce E Landon

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.2006

Prolonged Emergency Department Stays for Older US Adults

JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Aug 1;185(8):1037-1038. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.2006.

Authors

Adrian D Haimovich¹, Sarah D Berry^{2

3}, Bruce E Landon^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Division of General Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 40587143
PMCID: PMC12210138 (available on 2026-06-30)
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.2006

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional analysis investigates prolonged emergency department (ED) stays and ED boarding times among older US adults stratified by health care site type.

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