Medicaid patients at high risk for frequent hospital admission: Real-time identification and remediable risks

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 230-241

  Raven, Maria C ^a   Billings, John C ^b   Goldfrank, Lewis R ^a,c   Manheimer, Eric D ^c   Gourevitch, Marc N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case finding algorithm; Frequent hospitalization; High risk; Homelessness; Identifying patients; Medicaid; Social risk factors; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449207043     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-008-9336-1     Document Type: Article

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