In 2012, there were approximately 847,000 hospital stays for mood disorders and 383,000 stays for schizophrenia.
■ Within 30 days, 9.0 percent of initial inpatient stays for mood disorders were readmitted with a principal diagnosis of mood disorders, 12.6 percent were readmitted with any diagnosis of mood disorders, and 15.0 percent were readmitted for any cause.
■ Within 30 days, 15.7 percent of initial inpatient stays for schizophrenia were readmitted with a principal diagnosis of schizophrenia, 18.6 percent were readmitted with any diagnosis of schizophrenia, and 22.4 percent were readmitted for any cause.
■ Only 1.0–1.6 percent of stays for mood disorders or schizophrenia involved home health care following discharge compared with 14.1 percent of stays for conditions other than mental or substance use disorders (M/SUDs).
■ Average hospital costs for mood disorders and schizophrenia were lower than average costs for non-M/SUD stays, for the initial stay and for 30-day readmissions.
■ Compared with initial stays for mood disorders, average hospital costs were higher for readmissions involving mood disorders and for readmissions for any cause ($7,100 and $7,200, respectively, vs. $5,800).
■ Patients covered by Medicare or Medicaid had higher rates of 30-day readmission involving mood disorders or schizophrenia than did privately insured and uninsured patients (approximately 40–75 percent higher).
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Connie Dello Buono is based in Sunnyvale California. Her first ebook is about women's health, Birthing Ways Healing Ways and her recent one is about cancer prevention, Curated Healing Ways. She had helped women have holistic childbirth as childbirth educator, founded Motherhealth, to serve seniors in the bay area with holistic caregivers and blogs at www.clubalthea.com with more than 10,000 health and finance related posts.
Connie trains her own caregivers, which are the favorites of most bay area seniors who are home bound and alone.
She is active in the rehab and nursing facilities, volunteering on music and movement for seniors.
She is a member of Lion's club and offered scholarships to students in the Philippines.
She is active at churchinsunnyvale.us and has Fridays Bible home study in Sunnyvale using the recovery version of the Bible , free at biblesforamerica.us
She loves dancing and teaching and her courses can be found at
https://teachclub.com/@thriveafter60
She is California Life Insurance licensed providing life insurance for older adults with health issues and helping women retire safely with income for life.
at menloassetca.com , she helps with 401k rollover.
3 Benefit plans
- Mortgage protection using term life insurance to pay for mortgage balance in event of death
- Final Expense plan using Single Issue Whole Life Insurance, with cash back, disability benefit and guaranteed in the presence of health issues
- Fixed Index Annuity retirement plan for safe, accessibility, less fees, less taxes, avoids probate as it goes directly to beneficiaries, rate of return with no downside market participation.
She brings compassion and understanding to the needs of her clients, bringing holistic approach in health and life insurance. Her goal is to free families from worries especially during covid with caregivers and life insurance in the presence of health issues, especially for women.
She can be reached at 408-854-1883 , motherhealth@gmail.com
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