Publications by authors named "Elizabeth L Noll"
Objective: In light of the national trend toward integrating mental and general medical care, this study examined disparities in diabetes treatment among Medicaid recipients in a nonintegrated, managed care behavioral health carve-out system.
Methods: A retrospective study of Medicaid claims (July 2009-June 2010) compared quality of diabetes treatment among 21,015 patients with and without mental disorders.
Results: Presence of a mental disorder was associated with higher use of outpatient and primary care services for diabetes, lower rates of hospitalizations for diabetes, and higher odds of receiving three or more quality measures for diabetes care.
Objective: This study examined the extent to which hospital and regional characteristics are associated with length of hospitalization among patients with serious mental illness.
Methods: Data from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council and 2006 American Hospital Association data were obtained. The sample consisted of 106 hospitals from which 45,497 adults with serious mental illness were discharged in 2006.