This view displays percentages of ED visits or inpatient stays that were preceded or followed by outpatient visits by the same patients within a selected time frame. Qualifying outpatient visits are defined below:
Outpatient Visits: An outpatient visit was identified when a patient who had a behavioral health-related ED visit or inpatient stay also had an outpatient or telehealth visit with a primary diagnosis identified in the behavioral health-related categories of the CCSR. The closest qualifying outpatient visit to the patient’s ED visit or inpatient stay admit date was used to calculate the time prior to the encounter, and the closest qualifying outpatient visit to the ED visit or inpatient stay discharge date was used to calculate the time to follow-up. An outpatient visit that occurred on the same date as the ED visit or inpatient stay was not included as prior or follow-up outpatient care.
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YearEvent TypeDiagnosis GroupPrior Visit or Follow-UpTime FrameCountySexAge GroupPayer Type
Additional criteria were used for ED visits and inpatient stays as defined below. These criteria are based on two measures included in Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set measurement years 2020 and 2021: follow-up after hospitalization for mental illness and follow-up after emergency department visit for mental illness.
ED Visits: These exclude ED visits by patients who had an inpatient stay of any kind starting within 30 days of the ED visit and ED visits by patients who had another behavioral health-related ED visit within the previous 30 days. Also excluded are ED visits by patients who had evidence of any nursing home stay, hospice care, or intermediate healthcare facility stay within 30 days before or after the ED visit.
Inpatient Stays: These combine behavioral health-related inpatient stays that occurred within 30 days of each other into a single event — the first stay’s admission date is recorded as the admit date, and the last stay’s discharge date becomes the end date. Excluded are inpatient stays by patients who had another inpatient stay of any kind other than behavioral health within 30 days of the final discharge date. Also excluded are inpatient stays by patients who had evidence of any nursing home stay, hospice care, or intermediate healthcare facility stay within 30 days before or after the inpatient stay.