Policy Briefs

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• Effect of Outpatient Visits and Discharge Destination on Potentially Preventable Readmissions for Congestive Heart Failure and Bacterial Pneumonia
  Klug, M., & Muus, K., March 2012
  
  Emphasizes the importance of receiving timely post-discharge outpatient care and appropriate discharge destination for reducing preventable hospital readmissions, especially but not exclusively among rural-based patients. Full report.
• Dementia Care Services Project: Continued Progress in Providing Assistance to Caregivers
  Volkov, B., Muus, K., & Klug MG., September 2011
  
  Provides information regarding the continued progress in providing assistance to caregivers of participates in the dementia care services project.
• Dementia Care Services Project: Supporting Caregivers in North Dakota
  Muus, K., Volkov, B., Klug, M., Mueller, J., & Haley-Franklin, H., December 2010
• Geographic Differences in Potentially Preventable Readmission Rates in Rural and Urban Hospitals
  Klug, M., Knudson, A., & Muus, K., November 2010
  
  Presents a study that estimated Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions (PPRs) in three types of acute care hospitals: urban prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals, rural PPS hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).
• Potentially Preventable Readmissions in Rural Hospitals
  Klug, M., Muus, K., Casey, M., & Moscovice, I., August 2009
  
  Examines potentially preventable readmission rates for rural and urban hospitals, and discusses the rural implications of policy initiatives to reduce readmission rates.