Association of Hospital-Based Social Needs Interventions with Potentially Preventable Admissions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

External incentives increasingly encourage hospitals to address health-related social needs, yet limited evidence exists about whether social needs interventions are associated with quality indicators like potentially preventable admissions.

Objective

We analyze whether four hospital interventions-meal delivery, transportation to health services, mobile clinics, and community-oriented violence prevention programs-are associated with potentially preventable hospitalizations.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of survey-based and claims-based data.

Participants

In total, 813 hospitals from 14 states, representing 6,003,739 adult all-payer hospital admissions.

Approach

This study merged 2017 Healthcare Cost Utilization Project State Inpatient Databa

SUBMITTER: Knox MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12344029 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature