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Emergency department and inpatient utilization among U.S. older adults with multiple chronic conditions: a post-reform update.

SangNam AhnMustafa HusseinAsos MahmoodMatthew Lee Smith
Published in: BMC health services research (2020)
We found sizable increases in ED visits and nontrivial decreases in inpatient visits among older Medicare beneficiaries with MCCs, underscoring the continuing need for improving access to and quality of care among older adults with MCCs to decrease reliance on the ED and reduce preventable hospitalizations.
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