The Cost-Effectiveness of Providing Transportation

Presenter Information

Samantha Henrich, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Location

CSU 204

Start Date

27-4-2009 1:00 PM

End Date

27-4-2009 3:00 PM

Student's Major

Social Work

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Christine Black-Hughes

Mentor's Department

Social Work

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

There are several times a year when patients are discharged from the hospital and they have no transportation home. A hospital in rural Minnesota wants to figure out if it would be more cost-effective to provide and fund transportation or to keep the patient until their own transportation becomes available. Information was gathered on different transportation companies in the community to determine the cost of transportation. Data was gathered for a rural hospital in Minnesota to compare and analyze the cost of keeping a patient after discharge and providing transportation for the patient to return home. This research project explores if it is more cost-effective for a hospital to provide transportation instead of keeping the patient.