Chronic care improvement in primary care: Evaluation of an integrated pay-for-performance and practice-based care coordination program among elderly patients with diabetes

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1763-1782

  Fagan, Peter J ^a   Schuster, Alyson B ^a   Boyd, Cynthia ^a   Marsteller, Jill A ^b   Griswold, Michael ^c   Murphy, Shannon M E ^a   Dunbar, Linda ^a   Forrest, Christopher B ^d  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

care management; evaluation design; longitudinal study; outcomes measurement; Pay for performance; primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 78449274258     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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