title: A Logic Model for Understanding and Reducing Preventable Hospitalizations.
abstract: Identifying and understanding the root causes of preventable hospitalization (PH) is important for improving health outcomes and reducing unnecessary healthcare costs. Thus far, however, the desire to address this issue has been impeded by a general lack of research on factors associated with PH. To begin to address this gap, we propose an evidence-based logic model of individual, environmental, and systemic factors related to PH. We aim to use this logic model to design public health interventions to reduce PH in the State of Rhode Island and to stimulate an industry-wide discussion of the problem and its possible solutions.
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI; The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Shayla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minteer
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI; Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Long
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harrigan
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Novais
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goulette
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Batastini
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: D'Arezzo
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heckman
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Samara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Viner-Brown
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI, 2011-2015.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fine
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012237:Rhode Island / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors