Open AccessThe Role of Mental Health Disease in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations
Author(s) -
Laura N. MedfordDavis,
Rohan Shah,
Danielle Kennedy,
Emilie A. Becker
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000845
Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , odds ratio , confidence interval , odds , logistic regression , mental health , emergency medicine , health care , healthcare cost and utilization project , public health , acute care , psychiatry , nursing , economics , economic growth
Preventable hospitalizations are markers of potentially low-value care. Addressing the problem requires understanding their contributing factors.