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Health Care Manage Rev. 2020 Oct/Dec;45(4):332-341. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000232.

Variation of hospital-based adoption of care coordination services by community-level social determinants of health.

Health care management review

Jie Chen, Eva Hisako DuGoff, Priscilla Novak, Min Qi Wang

Affiliations

  1. Jie Chen, PhD, is Associate Professor, Health Services Administration, School of Public Health, University of Maryland at College Park. E-mail: [email protected]. Eva Hisako DuGoff, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Health Services Administration, School of Public Health, University of Maryland at College Park, and Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Priscilla Novak, MPH, is Graduate Student, Health Services Administration, School of Public Health, University of Maryland at College Park. Min Qi Wang, PhD, is Professor, Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland at College Park.

PMID: 30489339 PMCID: PMC6536363 DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000232

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hospital investments in care coordination services and innovative delivery models represent an important source for improving care efficiency and population health.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore variation of hospital-initiated care coordination services and participation in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) by community characteristics within an organizational theory framework.

METHODS: Our main data sets included the 2015 American Hospital Association Annual Survey, Survey of Care Systems and Payment, American Community Survey, and Area Health Resource File. Two main outcomes were (a) hospital-reported initiation of care coordination practices (such as chronic disease management, post-hospital discharge continuity of care, and predictive analytics) and (b) participation in ACO models. State fixed-effects models were used to test the association between the adoption of care coordination practices and hospital characteristics, community-level sociodemographic characteristics, and health policies.

RESULTS: Hospitals with large bed size, located in urban areas, and/or with high volume of operations were more likely to adopt care coordination practices and participate in the ACO models. Hospitals serving communities with high uninsurance rates and/or poverty rates were significantly less likely to provide care coordination practices. More stringent Community Benefit Laws (CBLs) were positively associated with the implementation of care coordination practices suggesting strong normative impacts of CBLs.

CONCLUSION: Greater hospital-initiated care coordination practices and innovative ACO models were available in well-resourced areas. Policymakers may consider increasing resources for care coordination practices in rural, underserved, and high-poverty-high-uninsured areas to ensure that vulnerable populations can benefit from these services.

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