Does a Community Care programme reach a high health need population and high users of acute care hospital services in Melbourne, Australia? An observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Community Care programme is an initiative aimed at reducing hospitalisations and emergency department (ED) presentations among patients with complex needs. We aimed to describe the characteristics of the programme participants and identify factors associated with enrolment into the programme.

Design

This observational cohort study was conducted using routinely collected data from the National Centre for Healthy Ageing data platform.

Setting

The study was carried out at Peninsula Health, a health service provider serving a population in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Participants

We included all adults with unplanned ED presentation or hospital admission to Peninsula Health between 1 November 2016 and 31 October 2017, the programme's first operati

SUBMITTER: Shannon B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533720 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature