A method for estimating cost savings for population health management programs

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2 PART1, 2013, Pages 582-602

  Murphy, Shannon M E ^a   McGready, John ^b   Griswold, Michael E ^c   Sylvia, Martha L ^d  

^a Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; Cost savings; disease management; mixed model smoothing; population health management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84875053773     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01457.x     Document Type: Article

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