Accountable Care Hospitals and Preventable Emergency Department Visits for Rural Dementia Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

This study examined urban/rural differences in the frequency of preventable emergency department (ED) visits among patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), with a focus on the variation of accountable care organization (ACO) participation status for hospitals in urban and rural areas.

Design

We performed a cross-sectional study using the 2015 State Emergency Department Databases, the American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals, and the Area Health Resource File. Individual-, county-, and hospital-level characteristics and state fixed effects were used for model specification.

Setting

Patients with ADRD from seven states who visited the ED and had routine discharges.

Participants

Our sample consisted of 1

SUBMITTER: Wang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8276835 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature