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Open Access
01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
Thirty-day hospital re-admission for Medicaid enrollees with schizophrenia: the role of patient comorbidity and local health-care systems
Authors:
Alisa B Busch, Arnold M Epstein, Thomas G McGuire, Sharon-Lise T Normand, Richard G Frank
Published in:
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Early re-admission after hospitalization is an increasing focus of health-care policy because it results in high costs and often reflects opportunities for improving treatment quality. The goal of this study is to examine the relationship between 30-day mental health/substance use disorder hospital re-admission for persons with schizophrenia, and patient characteristics, hospital utilization, and community treatment quality and capacity. …