Evaluation of a National Care Coordination Program to Reduce Utilization Among High-cost, High-need Medicaid Beneficiaries With Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical, behavioral, and social determinants of health are each associated with high levels of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations.

Objective

The objective of this study was to evaluate a care coordination program designed to provide combined "whole-person care," integrating medical, behavioral, and social support for high-cost, high-need Medicaid beneficiaries by targeting access barriers and social determinants.

Research design

Individual-level interrupted time series with a comparator group, using person-month as the unit of analysis.

Subjects

A total of 42,214 UnitedHealthcare Medicaid beneficiaries (194,834 person-months) age 21 years or above with diabetes, with Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Medicaid expansion, Suppl

SUBMITTER: Duru OK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10653047 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature