Impact of a Patient Navigator Program on Hospital-Based and Outpatient Utilization Over 180 Days in a Safety-Net Health System

Background With emerging global payment structures, medical systems need to understand longer-term impacts of care transition strategies. Objective To determine the effect of a care transition program using patient navigators (PNs) on health service utilization among high-risk safety-net patients ov...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM Jg. 32; H. 9; S. 981 - 989
Hauptverfasser:	Balaban, Richard B., Zhang, Fang, Vialle-Valentin, Catherine E., Galbraith, Alison A., Burns, Marguerite E., Larochelle, Marc R., Ross-Degnan, Dennis
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	New York Springer US 01.09.2017 Springer Nature B.V
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Age Factors Aged Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Continuity of care Delivery of Health Care, Integrated Disease control Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Female Health care Health services Heart Heart diseases Heart Failure - epidemiology Hospitals Humans Internal Medicine Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Lung diseases Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Navigators Obstructive lung disease Original Research Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data Patient admissions Patient Navigation - statistics & numerical data Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data Patient Transfer - organization & administration Patient Transfer - standards Patients Program Evaluation Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology Risk Factors Safety Subpopulations Time Factors Utilization patient safety health care delivery continuity of care underserved populations care transitions
ISSN:	0884-8734, 1525-1497, 1525-1497
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