An Examination of the Likelihood of Home Discharge After General Hospitalizations Among Medicaid Recipients

Ability to predict discharge destination would be a useful way of optimizing posthospital care. We conducted a cross-sectional, multiple state study of inpatient services to assess the likelihood of home discharges in 2009 among Medicaid enrollees who were discharged following general hospitalizatio...

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Main Authors: William N. Mkanta PhD, Neale R. Chumbler PhD, Kai Yang PhD, Romesh Saigal PhD, Mohammad Abdollahi MIE, Maria C. Mejia de Grubb MD, MPH, Emmanuel U. Ezekekwu BPharm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958017711783