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Transitions in Care and Service Use among Medicare Beneficiaries in Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities

Description
Examines characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries who use inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF) to help reduce preventable admissions and readmissions and create quality of care measures. Addresses the types of care patients receive before, during, and after their stay at an IPF. Includes a chart identifying the number of freestanding and psychiatric unit IPFs in rural and mental health shortage areas.
Date
04/2019
Type
Document
Organization
HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Tagged as
Inpatient care · Medicare · Mental health · Statistics and data

Organizations (1)

  • HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, view details