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Healthcare Utilization For Behavioral Health Disorders: Policy Implications On Nationwide Readmissions, And Outcomes In The States Of Nebraska And New York, Rajvi J. Wani May 2018

Healthcare Utilization For Behavioral Health Disorders: Policy Implications On Nationwide Readmissions, And Outcomes In The States Of Nebraska And New York, Rajvi J. Wani

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The main goal of this dissertation was to estimate national-level inpatient readmissions and state-level hospital-based emergency department (ED) visits with behavioral health (BH) conditions in the states of Nebraska and New York. The dissertation aims to assess the impact of the policy mandates under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on these state and national estimates. The Nationwide Readmissions Database and the State Emergency Department databases maintained by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project were used for this dissertation. US Adult population with high-risk of readmissions in the inpatient departments for alcohol-related disorders (ARD) and of visiting ED for …