External Validation of the Detection of Indicators and Vulnerabilities for Emergency Room Trips (DIVERT) Scale: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Background: The Detection of Indicators and Vulnerabilities of Emergency Room Trips (DIVERT) scale was developed to classify and estimate the risk of emergency department (ED) use in home care clients. The objective of this study was to externally validate the DIVERT scale in a secondary population of home care clients.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study, linking data from the Home Care Reporting System and the National …