Effects of Care Coordination on Hospitalization, Quality of Care, and Health Care Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries: 15 Randomized Trials

CONTEXT Medicare expenditures of patients with chronic illnesses might be reduced through improvements in care, patient adherence, and communication. OBJECTIVE To determine whether care coordination programs reduced hospitalizations and Medicare expenditures and improved quality of care for chronica...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2009-02, Vol.301 (6), p.603-618
Main Authors: Peikes, Deborah, Chen, Arnold, Schore, Jennifer, Brown, Randall
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Chronic Disease - economics
Chronic Disease - therapy
Chronic illnesses
Disease Management
Fee-for-Service Plans
Female
General aspects
Health Behavior
Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization
Hospitalization - economics
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Medicare
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Patient Care Management - economics
Patient Care Management - organization & administration
Patients
Program Evaluation
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quality of Health Care - economics
Quality of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Risk Reduction Behavior
United States
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