Patient-centered medical home cost reductions limited to complex patients

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 677-686

  Flottemesch, Thomas J ^a   Anderson, Louise H ^a   Solberg, Leif I ^a   Fontaine, Patricia ^a   Asche, Stephen E ^a  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME; PHYSICIAN PRACTICE CONNECTIONS RESEARCH SURVEY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872317848     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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