Behavioral health home impact on transitional care and readmissions among adults with serious mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the impact of Maryland's behavioral health homes (BHHs) on receipt of follow-up care and readmissions following hospitalization among Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness (SMI).

Data sources

Maryland Medicaid administrative claims for 12 232 individuals.

Study design

Weighted marginal structural models were estimated to account for time-varying exposure to BHH enrollment and time-varying confounders. These models compared changes over time in outcomes among BHH and comparison participants. Outcome measures included readmissions and follow-up care within 7 and 30 days following hospitalization.

Data collection/extraction methods

Eligibility criteria included continuous enrollment in Medicaid for the first two years of the study pe

SUBMITTER: Kennedy-Hendricks A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8143677 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature