Abstracts tagged "access to care and high risk"

Abstract Number: 1843 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Improving Access to Rheumatology Care for High-Risk Lupus Patients Can Help Decrease Hospitalizations
Allen P. Anandarajah¹, Sean McMahon², Amanda Ostronic³, Changyong Feng⁴, Jennifer Anolik⁵ and Christopher T. Ritchlin⁶, ¹Dept of Rheumatology, Univ of Rochester Medical Ctr, Rochester, NY, ²Quality office, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁴Statistics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁵Medicine- Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁶Division of Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology and Center for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, New York, USA, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: We previously demonstrated that a small group of high risk, high cost patients (HRHC) account for majority of the hospitalizations, length of stay (LOS)…