The Influence of the Rural Transitions Nurse Program for Veterans on Healthcare Utilization Costs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System Rural Transitions Nurse Program (TNP) addresses barriers veterans face when transitioning from urban tertiary VA hospitals to home. Previous clinical evaluations of TNP have shown that enrolled veterans were more likely to follow up with their primary care provider within 14 days of discharge and experience a significant reduction in mortality within 30 days compared to propensity-score matched controls.

Objective

Examine changes from pre- to post-hospitalization in total, inpatient, and outpatient 30-day healthcare utilization costs for TNP enrollees compared to controls.

Design

Quantitative analyses modeling the changes in cost via multivariable linear mixed-effects models to determine the association between TN

SUBMITTER: Williams PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585107 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature