The impact of proactive chronic care management on hospital admissions in a German senior population

Population Health Management

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Hamar, Brent ^a   Wells, Aaron ^a   Gandy, William ^a   Bradley, Chastity ^a   Coberley, Carter ^a   Pope, James E ^a   Rula, Elizabeth Y ^a  

^a HEALTHWAYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951933571     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2010.0067     Document Type: Article

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