Caring for high-need, high-cost patients - An urgent priority

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 909-911

  Blumenthal, David ^a   Chernof, Bruce ^d   Fulmer, Terry ^b   Lumpkin, John ^e   Selberg, Jeffrey ^c  

^a Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

^b The John A Hartford Foundation   (United States)

^c Peterson Center on Healthcare   (United States)

^d SCAN Foundation   (United States)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; ECONOMICS;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84986597306     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1608511     Document Type: Short Survey

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