The ironic business case for chronic care in the acute care setting

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-125

  Siu, Albert L ^a   Spragens, Lynn H ^b   Inouye, Sharon K ^c   Morrison, R Sean ^d   Leff, Bruce ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Spragens and Associates   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59449084804     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.1.113     Document Type: Article

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