Patient-centered management of complex patients can reduce costs without shortening life

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 84-92

  Sweeney, Latanya ^a   Halpert, Andrew ^b   Waranoff, Joan ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Blue Shield of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COOPERATION; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEHYDRATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; CASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33847157546     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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