Reduced mortality: The unexpected impact of a telephone-based care management intervention for older adults in managed care

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1632-1650

  Alkema, Gretchen E ^a   Wilber, Kathleen H ^b   Shannon, George R ^c   Allen, Douglas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Partners in Care Foundation   (United States)

^d Greater Newport Physicians IPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic care; Consumer choice; Home and community based services; Mortality; Social care management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 34347400804     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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