Background: Poor coordination between hospital and outpatient care worsens health outcomes, and increases preventable hospitalization and health care expenditures, especially for socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Evidence of the effects of current programs to improve care coordination is mixed, and there is little data on how their impact may differ for hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs) [...]

Background: Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are a set of diagnoses that if not recognized and addressed properly in the ambulatory setting can lead to preventable hospitalizations. People experiencing homelessness (PEH) often have barriers to access of ambulatory care services and chronic disease self-management. These place them at high risk for having ACSCs, and contribute [...]

Background: Emergency department (ED) crowding has been proven to worsen outcomes and increase mortality for patients presenting to the ED. Our innovative ED Surge program works collaboratively with our ED to transfer lower acuity patients to an on-site, same-day ambulatory setting after initial evaluation in the ED. We aim to characterize the impact of our [...]

Background: Poor coordination between hospital and outpatient care worsens health outcomes, and increases preventable hospitalization and health care expenditures, especially for socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Evidence of the effects of current programs to improve care coordination is mixed, and there is little data on how their impact may differ for hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs) [...]

Background: Preventable ED visits account for 20-50% of ED visits. (1, 2) Though student-run free clinics (SRFCs) could play an important role in decreasing unnecessary utilization, current ED utilization in SRFCs and risk factors have not been described. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of patients receiving care at a student-run free clinic. We captured [...]