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Coordination Program Reduced Acute Care Use And Increased Primary Care Visits Among Frequent Emergency Care Users.

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Capp, R; Misky, GJ; Lindrooth, RC; Honigman, B; Logan, H; Hardy, R; Nguyen, DQ; Wiler, JL
Published in: Health Aff (Millwood)
October 1, 2017

Many high utilizers of the emergency department (ED) have public insurance, especially through Medicaid. We evaluated how participation in Bridges to Care (B2C)-an ED-initiated, multidisciplinary, community-based program-affected subsequent ED use, hospital admissions, and primary care use among publicly insured or Medicaid-eligible high ED utilizers. During the six months after the B2C intervention was completed, participants had significantly fewer ED visits (a reduction of 27.9 percent) and significantly more primary care visits (an increase of 114.0 percent), compared to patients in the control group. In a subanalysis of patients with mental health comorbidities, we found that recipients of B2C services had significantly fewer ED visits (a reduction of 29.7 percent) and hospitalizations (30.0 percent), and significantly more primary care visits (an increase of 123.2 percent), again compared to patients in the control group. The B2C program reduced acute care use and increased the number of primary care visits among high ED utilizers, including those with mental health comorbidities.

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Health Aff (Millwood)

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EISSN

1544-5208

Publication Date

October 1, 2017

Volume

36

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1705 / 1711

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Primary Health Care
  • Middle Aged
  • Medicaid
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Health Policy & Services
  • Female
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
 

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Capp, R., Misky, G. J., Lindrooth, R. C., Honigman, B., Logan, H., Hardy, R., … Wiler, J. L. (2017). Coordination Program Reduced Acute Care Use And Increased Primary Care Visits Among Frequent Emergency Care Users. Health Aff (Millwood), 36(10), 1705–1711. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0612
Capp, Roberta, Gregory J. Misky, Richard C. Lindrooth, Benjamin Honigman, Heather Logan, Rose Hardy, Dong Q. Nguyen, and Jennifer L. Wiler. “Coordination Program Reduced Acute Care Use And Increased Primary Care Visits Among Frequent Emergency Care Users.Health Aff (Millwood) 36, no. 10 (October 1, 2017): 1705–11. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0612.
Capp R, Misky GJ, Lindrooth RC, Honigman B, Logan H, Hardy R, et al. Coordination Program Reduced Acute Care Use And Increased Primary Care Visits Among Frequent Emergency Care Users. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Oct 1;36(10):1705–11.
Capp, Roberta, et al. “Coordination Program Reduced Acute Care Use And Increased Primary Care Visits Among Frequent Emergency Care Users.Health Aff (Millwood), vol. 36, no. 10, Oct. 2017, pp. 1705–11. Pubmed, doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0612.
Capp R, Misky GJ, Lindrooth RC, Honigman B, Logan H, Hardy R, Nguyen DQ, Wiler JL. Coordination Program Reduced Acute Care Use And Increased Primary Care Visits Among Frequent Emergency Care Users. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Oct 1;36(10):1705–1711.

Published In

Health Aff (Millwood)

DOI

EISSN

1544-5208

Publication Date

October 1, 2017

Volume

36

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1705 / 1711

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Primary Health Care
  • Middle Aged
  • Medicaid
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Health Policy & Services
  • Female
  • Emergency Service, Hospital