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Objective
To examine outpatient care fragmentation and its association with future hospitalization among patients at high risk for hospitalization.
Data Sources
Veterans Affairs (VA) and Medicare data.
Study Design
We conducted a longitudinal study, using logistic regression to examine how outpatient care fragmentation in FY14 (as measured by number of unique providers, Breslau's Usual Provider...
Patients with serious mental illness (SMI) often have comorbid cardiometabolic conditions (CMCs) that may increase the number of prescribers involved in treatment. This study examined whether patients with SMI (depression and schizophrenia) and comorbid CMCs experience greater discontinuity of prescribing than patients with CMCs alone.2009 Medicaid data were used to compare number and types of prescribers...
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