Association Of A Regional Health Improvement Collaborative With Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Hospitalizations.

ABSTRACT: Although regional health improvement collaboratives have been adopted nationwide to improve primary care quality, their effects on avoidable hospitalizations and costs remain unclear. We quantified the association of the Better Health Partnership, a primary care-led regional health improvement collaborative operating in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Cleveland and surrounding suburbs), with hospitalization rates for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. The partnership uses a positive deviance approach to identify, disseminate publicly, and accelerate adoption of best practices for care of patients with diabetes, heart failure, and hypertension. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we compared rates of hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions in six Ohio counties before (20

SUBMITTER: Tanenbaum J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003658 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature