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Jacqueline Nikpour1, Christine Langston, Heather Brom
1Author Affiliations: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Nikpour); Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Hillman Scholars in Nursing Innovation, University of Pennsylvania, and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Ms Langston); Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences and Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Dr Brom); Integrated Fellowship in Health Services and Outcomes Research, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Sliwinski); School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, New York (Dr Mason); University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Ms Garcia); Penn Medicine at Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Ms Grantham-Murillo); Penn Center for Community Health Workers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Mr Bennett); Department of Family & Community Health, Gerontological Nursing, and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Dr Cacchione); and Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Dr Brooks Carthon).
Background:
The Thrive program is an evidenced-based care model for Medicaid-insured adults in the hospital-to-home transition. A substantial portion of Thrive participants live with serious mental illness (SMI), yet Thrive's efficacy has not been tested among these patients.
Purpose:
To compare 30-day postdischarge outcomes between Thrive participants with and without SMI and explore Thrive's appropriateness and acceptability among participants with SMI.
Methods:
We conducted a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of 252 (62 with SMI) Thrive participants discharged from an academic medical center from February 2021 to August 2023. Interviews of participants with SMI were analyzed using rapid qualitative analysis.
Results:
Participants with and without SMI experienced similar rates of 30-day readmissions, emergency room visits, and postdischarge follow-up visits, with these differences being nonsignificant. Participants with SMI were highly satisfied with Thrive's care coordination and attention to social needs, yet participants suggested stronger connections to behavioral health care.
Conclusions:
Participants with and without SMI benefit equitably from Thrive.
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