Healthy aging brain center improved care coordination and produced net savings

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 613-618

  French, Dustin D ^a,b   LaMantia, Michael A ^c,d   Livin, Lee R ^e   Herceg, Dorian ^e   Alder, Catherine A ^e   Boustani, Malaz A ^c,d,f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research and Development Department   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Regenstrief Institute   (United States)

^e Wishard Eskenazi Health Services   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COORDINATION; COST CONTROL; DEMENTIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 84898053247     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1221     Document Type: Article

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