Dose–response effects for depression and Schizophrenia management on hospital utilization in Illinois Medicaid: a multivariate regression analysis

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 288
• Main Authors: Berg, Gregory D, Donnelly, Shawn, Warnick, Kathleen, Medina, Wendie, Miller, Mary
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 03.07.2014; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Aged; Analysis; Behavior; Chronic illnesses; Collaboration; Depression - epidemiology; Depression - therapy; Design; Disease Management; Drug abuse; Drug therapy; Emergency medical care; Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization; Female; Health care delivery; Health care expenditures; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Hospitals; Humans; Illinois - epidemiology; Intervention; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Management science; Medicaid; Medicaid - statistics & numerical data; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental health care; Mind body relationship; Nurses; Odds Ratio; Patient admissions; Patient Education as Topic; Population; Prevalence; Regression analysis; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - epidemiology; Schizophrenia - therapy; Statistics; United States; United States; Illinois

The prevalence of schizophrenia and depression in the United States is far higher among Medicaid recipients than in the general population. Individuals suffering from mental illness, including schizophrenia and depression, also have higher rates of emergency department utilization, which is costly a...