Effects of care management and telehealth: A longitudinal analysis using medicare data

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1560-1567

  Baker, Laurence C ^a   MacAulay, Dendy S ^b   Sorg, Rachael A ^b   Diener, Melissa D ^b   Johnson, Scott J ^b   Birnbaum, Howard G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

care management; electronic communication; telehealth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

CARE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION; TELEHEALTH;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884290289     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12407     Document Type: Article

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