Abstract:

As the population of the elderly increases in the world, the admission of that population to emergency services has increased. The study aims to assess patients 65 and over 65 years who admitted to the Emergency Service of Kars Harakani State Hospital; and to analyze their hospitalizing rates and units. Material and Method: Parameters were obtained from emergency service admission registrations held between May 2013 and May 2017 in Kars Harakani State Hospital. The patients' age, gender, health insurance and hospitalization units were obtained from the registrations. As the quality of the parameters isn't adequate, parameters indicating their duration of emergency service were not evaluated. All data were evaluated through SPPS 20.0 program in computer. Results: Female patients constituted 47.0% (2012 people) of the elderly who were hospitalized to other units from E. R. The highest level occupied by male and female patients who were state insurance cardholders. When the units of the patients where they were hospitalized from E.R. were evaluated, more than half of the male (65.2%) and female (65.6%) patients were found to be hospitalized to Internal Medicine Sciences. With respect to Internal Medicine sciences, male admission rates except from Neurology (49.5%) are higher in compared to females. With respect to surgical units female hospitalization rates to Orthopaedics and Traumatology (58.8%) was higher whereas male hospitalization rate to Thoracic Surgery (80.4%). With regard to hospitalization results, mortality rates were higher in women (50.7%) whereas rates of discharge from hospital (53.6%) and being referred to another hospital (52.8%) were higher in males. Conclusion: With respect to Internal Medicine sciences and Surgical units, older female patients were found to be higher rates. Additionally, hospitalization rates of geriatric patients to Thoracic Surgery, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Urology, respiratory system diseases unit were seen to be higher.

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