title: Medicaid claims history of Florida long-term care facility residents hospitalized for pressure ulcers.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify patterns of admission, discharge, and readmission between hospital and long-term care facility among a group of Florida long-term care facility residents with pressure ulcers whose care was paid for by Medicaid. A patient-specific, longitudinal claims history database was constructed from data provided by the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. This database was used to determine and analyze hospital admissions for pressure ulcer care among Medicaid recipients cared for in a long-term care facility. Analysis of the data determined that more than half of the Medicaid-covered long-term care facility residents who formed the target study group (54.57%) had multiple hospital admissions associated with pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcer hospital admissions amounted to a program cost of $9.9 million.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007380:Intermediate Care Facilities; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States