Thirty-day hospital re-admission for Medicaid enrollees with schizophrenia: the role of patient comorbidity and local health-care systems
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Background 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.
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