Care fragmentation, quality, and costs among chronically III patients

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Frandsen, Brigham R ^a   Joynt, Karen E ^b   Rebitzer, James B ^c   Jha, Ashish K ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICD-9; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84930154118     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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