An intervention to improve care and reduce costs for high-risk patients with frequent hospital admissions: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A small percentage of high-risk patients accounts for a large proportion of Medicaid spending in the United States, which has become an urgent policy issue. Our objective was to pilot a novel patient-centered intervention for high-risk patients with frequent hospital admissions to determine its potential to improve care and reduce costs.

Methods

Community and hospital-based care management and coordination intervention with pre-post analysis of health care utilization. We enrolled Medicaid fee-for-service patients aged 18-64 who were admitted to an urban public hospital and identified as being at high risk for hospital readmission by a validated predictive algorithm. Enrolled patients were evaluated using qualitative and quantitative interview techniques to identi

SUBMITTER: Raven MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3212942 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature