Reducing medical costs and improving quality via self-management tools

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-611

  DeMonaco, Harold J ^a   Von Hippel, Eric ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247509707     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040104     Document Type: Short Survey

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