Relationship Between Continuity of Care and Discharge Planning After Hospital Psychiatric Admission.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined whether communication between inpatient and outpatient mental health providers during patients' inpatient stays was associated with whether patients attended postdischarge appointments.

Methods

Psychiatric inpatient medical records of 189 Medicaid recipients at two hospitals were reviewed to document whether inpatient staff had communicated with current or prior outpatient providers. Medicaid claims provided demographic, clinical, and outpatient attendance data. Associations between provider communications and follow-up care for patients who had or had not received outpatient mental health care within the 30 days prior to admission were evaluated.

Results

Inpatient staff communicated with outpatient providers for 118 (62%) patients. For p

SUBMITTER: Smith TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7008713 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature