Managing chronic illness: Physician practices increased the use Of care management and medical home processes

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-86

  Wiley, James A ^a   Rittenhouse, Diane R ^a   Shortell, Stephen M ^b,c   Casalino, Lawrence P ^d   Ramsay, Patricia P ^c   Bibi, Salma ^c   Ryan, Andrew M ^e   Copeland, Kennon R ^f   Alexander, Jeffrey A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; PATIENT CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84920911890     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0404     Document Type: Article

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