Effect of telephone health coaching (Birmingham OwnHealth) on hospital use and associated costs: Cohort study with matched controls

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7920, 2013, Pages

  Steventon, Adam ^a   Tunkel, Sarah ^b   Blunt, Ian ^a   Bardsley, Martin ^a  

^a The Nuffield Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Ernst and Young Global Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEHEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882295278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4585     Document Type: Article

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