Evaluating the impact of a disease management program for chronic complex conditions at two large northeast health plans using a control group methodology

Disease Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-44

  Schwerner, Henry ^a   Mellody, Timothy ^b   Goldstein, Allan B ^a   Wansink, Daryl ^a   Sullivan, Virginia ^a   Yelenik, Stephan N ^a   Charlton, Warwick ^b   Lloyd, Kelley ^b   Courtemanche, Ted ^b  

^a AmeriHealth New Jersey ^*  (United States)

^b Accordant Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION; GAUCHER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOSITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REIMBURSEMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERODERMA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFLATION, ECONOMIC; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; NEW JERSEY; PHILADELPHIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 33644545376     PISSN: 1093507X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dis.2006.9.34     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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3. Fitzner K, Sidorov J, Fetterolf D, et al. Principles for assessing disease management outcomes. Dis Manage 2004;7:191-201.