Do heart failure disease management programs make financial sense under a bundled payment system?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 916-922

  Eapen, Zubin J ^a   Reed, Shelby D ^a   Curtis, Lesley H ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUNDLED PAYMENT; COST CONTROL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955926758     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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