Embedding Civil Legal Aid Services In Care for High-Utilizing Patients Using Medical-Legal Partnership

Journal Article
Written By NCMLP

Description

A one-year pilot study of high-need, high-use patients at Lancaster General Health showed that 95 percent of patients studied had 2-3 civil legal problems each. The study, published on the Health Affairs blog, also found that when those problems were addressed, inpatient and Emergency Department use dropped 50 percent, and overall health care costs went down 45 percent.

 

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Authors

  • Jeffrey Martin

  • Audrey Martin

  • Catherine Schultz

  • Megan Sandel

NCMLP

ncmlp@gwu.edu

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