The business case for payer support of community-based health information exchange: A humana pilot evaluating its effectiveness in cost control for plan members seeking emergency department care

American Health and Drug Benefits

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 207-216

  Tzeel, Albert ^a   Lawnicki, Victor ^b   Pemble, Kim R ^c  

^a Humana One and Clinical Leadership and Policy Development   (United States)

^b Econometrician Business Intelligence and Informatics Competency Center   (United States)

^c Wisconsin Health Information Exchange   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 80052725482     PISSN: 19422962     EISSN: 19422970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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