Access to post-acute care services reduces emergency department utilisation among individuals insured by Medicaid: An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

We examined whether access to post-acute care services differed between individuals insured by Medicaid and commercial insurers and whether those differences explained emergency department utilisation 30 days post-hospitalisation.

Background

Timely follow-up to community-based providers is a strategy to improve post-hospitalisation outcomes. However, little is known regarding the influence of post-acute care services on the likelihood of emergency department use post-hospitalisation for individuals insured by Medicaid.

Design

We conducted a retrospective observational study of electronic health record data from an academic medical centre in a large northeastern urban setting. The STROBE checklist was used in reporting this observational study.

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SUBMITTER: Brom H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8741822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature