Factors associated with high-utilization in a safety net setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with frequent hospital readmissions, or high-utilizer patients (HUPs), are a major driver of rising healthcare costs in the United States. This group has a significant burden of medical illness, but less is known about whether or how social determinants of health may drive their increased healthcare use and poor health outcomes. Our study aimed to define the population of HUPs at a large, safety-net hospital system, to understand how these patients differ from patients who are not HUPs, and to analyze how their demographic, medical, and social factors contribute to their healthcare use and mortality rates.

Methods

For this case-control study, data were collected via retrospective chart review. We included 247 patients admitted three or more times in a sin

SUBMITTER: Bell J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5391601 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature