Accountable Care Hospitals and Preventable Emergency Department Visits for Rural Dementia Patients

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Examines differences in the frequency of emergency department visits among rural and urban patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Compares the odds of preventable ED visits for ADRD patients at hospitals affiliated and not affiliated with an Accountable Care Organization (ACO).

Nianyang Wang, Aitalohi Amaize, Jie Chen

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69(1), 185-190

01/2021

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Accountable Care Organizations · Dementia · Emergency department and urgent care services · Hospitals · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data