Reduced Health Care Costs Associated With Disease Management for Chronic Heart Failure: A Study Using Three Methods to Examine the Financial Impact of a Heart Failure Disease Management Program Among Medicare Advantage Enrollees

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 594-600

  Sidorov, Jaan ^a  

^a Geisinger Health Plan ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Disease management; Health care costs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33749435441     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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