Disparities in Preventable Hospitalization Among Patients With Alzheimer Diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

System-level care coordination strategies can be the most effective to promote continuity of care among people with Alzheimer's disease; however, the evidence is lacking. The objective of this study is to determine whether accountable care organizations are associated with lower rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations for people with Alzheimer's disease and whether hospital accountable care organization affiliation is associated with reduced racial and ethnic disparities in preventable hospitalizations among patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Methods

This study employed a cross-sectional study design and used 2015 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project inpatient claims data from 11 states and the 2015 American Hospital Association Annual Survey. Logis

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8068589 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature