The impact of a proactive chronic care management program on hospital admission rates in a German health insurance society

Population Health Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 339-345

  Hamar, Brent ^a   Wells, Aaron ^a   Gandy, William ^a   Haaf, Andreas ^b   Coberley, Carter ^a   Pope, James E ^a   Rula, Elizabeth Y ^a  

^a HEALTHWAYS INC   (United States)

^b Healthways International GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; TELEPHONE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650813070     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2010.0032     Document Type: Article

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